How many baby Swamp rabbits are in a litter?
A Swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) usually gives birth to around 3 babies.With 2 litters per year, that sums up to a yearly offspring of 6 babies.
Each of those little ones spend around 37 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 55 grams (0.12 lbs) and measure 24 cm (0′ 10″). They are a member of the Leporidae family (genus: Sylvilagus). An adult Swamp rabbit grows up to a size of 45.8 cm (1′ 7″).
To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.
The swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus), or swamp hare, is a large cottontail rabbit found in the swamps and wetlands of the southern United States. Other common names for the swamp rabbit include marsh rabbit and cane-cutter. The species has a strong preference for wet areas, and it will take to the water and swim.
Other animals of the family Leporidae
Swamp rabbit is a member of the Leporidae, as are these animals:
- Black-tailed jackrabbit with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Alaskan hare with 6 babies per pregnancy
- Antelope jackrabbit with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Tapeti with 1 babies per pregnancy
- African savanna hare with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Cape hare with 2 babies per pregnancy
- White-tailed jackrabbit with 4 babies per pregnancy
- Chinese hare weighting around 1.61 kilograms (3.55 lbs)
- Mexican cottontail with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Pygmy rabbit with 5 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Swamp rabbit
Those animals also give birth to 3 babies at once:
- Northern mole vole
- Abrothrix longipilis
- Transandinomys bolivaris
- Ochre mole-rat
- Rajah spiny rat
- Nelson’s pocket mouse
- Brandt’s hedgehog
- White-ankled mouse
- Pyrenean desman
- Oligoryzomys fulvescens
Animals with the same weight as a Swamp rabbit
What other animals weight around 2.14 kg (4.71 lbs)?
- Long-footed potoroo usually reaching 1.84 kgs (4.06 lbs)
- Indian hare usually reaching 2.3 kgs (5.07 lbs)
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax usually reaching 2.45 kgs (5.4 lbs)
- Red-bellied lemur usually reaching 2.03 kgs (4.48 lbs)
- Palawan stink badger usually reaching 2.5 kgs (5.51 lbs)
- Long-tailed porcupine usually reaching 1.75 kgs (3.86 lbs)
- Island fox usually reaching 1.92 kgs (4.23 lbs)
- Swift fox usually reaching 2.11 kgs (4.65 lbs)
- Equatorial saki usually reaching 2.38 kgs (5.25 lbs)
- Monk saki usually reaching 2.11 kgs (4.65 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Swamp rabbit
Also reaching around 45.8 cm (1′ 7″) in size do these animals:
- Giant bushy-tailed cloud rat gets as big as 37.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Common brown lemur gets as big as 46.3 cm (1′ 7″)
- Bonnet macaque gets as big as 47.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Alpine woolly rat gets as big as 44.2 cm (1′ 6″)
- White-throated guenon gets as big as 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
- Javan surili gets as big as 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Chinese hare gets as big as 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Golden palm civet gets as big as 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Selous’s mongoose gets as big as 42.8 cm (1′ 5″)
- Japanese hare gets as big as 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)