How many baby Tolai hares are in a litter?
A Tolai hare (Lepus tolai) usually gives birth to around 2 babies.
Upon birth, they weight 113 grams (0.25 lbs) and measure 15.6 cm (0′ 7″). They are a member of the Leporidae family (genus: Lepus). An adult Tolai hare grows up to a size of 50.9 cm (1′ 9″).
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 tolai hare (Lepus tolai) is a species of hare found in Central Asia, Mongolia, and Northern and Central China. It inhabits semi-desert, steppes, rocky habitats, and forest meadows. It is relatively common, even in areas with heavy human disturbance, due to its fast reproductive rate. It is mainly active at dusk and at night but is occasionally active during the day.
Other animals of the family Leporidae
Tolai hare is a member of the Leporidae, as are these animals:
- Ethiopian highland hare weighting around 2.77 kilograms (6.11 lbs)
- Yarkand hare with 3 babies per pregnancy
- Japanese hare with 2 babies per pregnancy
- Bunyoro rabbit with 1 babies per pregnancy
- European rabbit with 5 babies per pregnancy
- Scrub hare with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Antelope jackrabbit with 2 babies per pregnancy
- White-sided jackrabbit with 2 babies per pregnancy
- African savanna hare with 1 babies per pregnancy
- Marsh rabbit with 2 babies per pregnancy
Animals that share a litter size with Tolai hare
Those animals also give birth to 2 babies at once:
- Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse
- Common genet
- Siberian roe deer
- Bottego’s shrew
- Ruddy mongoose
- Angoni vlei rat
- Mount Pirri isthmus rat
- Bushy-tailed jird
- Guaira spiny rat
- Cactus mouse
Animals with the same weight as a Tolai hare
What other animals weight around 1.59 kg (3.51 lbs)?
- Red giant flying squirrel usually reaching 1.54 kgs (3.4 lbs)
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby usually reaching 1.5 kgs (3.31 lbs)
- Snowshoe hare usually reaching 1.57 kgs (3.46 lbs)
- Southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat usually reaching 1.84 kgs (4.06 lbs)
- Indian giant flying squirrel usually reaching 1.68 kgs (3.7 lbs)
- Ruddy mongoose usually reaching 1.7 kgs (3.75 lbs)
- Hainan hare usually reaching 1.52 kgs (3.35 lbs)
- Tufted ground squirrel usually reaching 1.35 kgs (2.98 lbs)
- White-faced saki usually reaching 1.67 kgs (3.68 lbs)
- Small dorcopsis usually reaching 1.89 kgs (4.17 lbs)