It is hard to guess what a African savanna hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult African savanna hare (Lepus microtis) on average weights 1.76 kg (3.89 lbs).
The African savanna hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 45 cm (1′ 6″). Usually, African savanna hares have 1 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The African savanna hare (Lepus victoriae) is a mammal species in the family Leporidae, native to Africa. It is native to diverse regions and habitats of Africa, including savannas and the Sahel. It is found in: Algeria, Botswana, Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zambia. It is listed as “least concern” on the IUCN Red List.
Animals of the same family as a African savanna hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Black jackrabbit bringing 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs) to the scale
- Smith’s red rock hare bringing 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs) to the scale
- European hare bringing 3.82 kilos (8.42 lbs) to the scale
- San José brush rabbit with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Mountain hare bringing 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs) to the scale
- Black-tailed jackrabbit bringing 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs) to the scale
- Manchurian hare bringing 1.84 kilos (4.06 lbs) to the scale
- Yarkand hare bringing 1.47 kilos (3.24 lbs) to the scale
- Marsh rabbit bringing 1.36 kilos (3 lbs) to the scale
- Hainan hare bringing 1.52 kilos (3.35 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a African savanna hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus microtis:
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Seven-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.53 kilos (3.37 lbs)
- Common genet with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Malagasy civet with a weight of 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs)
- Hodgson’s giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.48 kilos (3.26 lbs)
- Chinese hare with a weight of 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs)
- Cape genet with a weight of 2.07 kilos (4.56 lbs)
- Riverine rabbit with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Platypus with a weight of 1.48 kilos (3.26 lbs)
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a African savanna hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as African savanna hare:
- Broom hare with a size of 50.2 cm (1′ 8″)
- De Vis’s woolly rat with a size of 40.6 cm (1′ 4″)
- Yarkand hare with a size of 39 cm (1′ 4″)
- Black-footed cat with a size of 40.1 cm (1′ 4″)
- Monk saki with a size of 41.1 cm (1′ 5″)
- Burmese ferret-badger with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Bat-eared fox with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Eastern common cuscus with a size of 38.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Ruddy mongoose with a size of 40.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- White-bellied spider monkey with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a African savanna hare
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a African savanna hare: