It is hard to guess what a Arctic hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) on average weights 4.42 kg (9.75 lbs).
The Arctic hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). They can live for up to 7 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 57.2 cm (1′ 11″). On average, Arctic hares can have babies 1 times per year with a litter size of 5.
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 Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) is a species of hare which is highly adapted to living in the Arctic tundra, and other icy biomes. The Arctic hare survives with shortened ears and limbs, a small nose, fat that makes up 20% of its body, and a thick coat of fur. It usually digs holes in the ground or under snow to keep warm and to sleep. Arctic hares look like rabbits but have shorter ears, are taller when standing and, unlike rabbits, can thrive in extreme cold. They can travel together with many other hares, sometimes huddling with dozens or more, but are usually found alone, sometimes taking more than one partner. The Arctic hare can run up to 60 kilometres per hour (40 mph).
Animals of the same family as a Arctic hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Hainan hare bringing 1.52 kilos (3.35 lbs) to the scale
- Brush rabbit with a weight of 716 grams
- Sumatran striped rabbit bringing 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs) to the scale
- Broom hare bringing 2.83 kilos (6.24 lbs) to the scale
- European rabbit bringing 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs) to the scale
- Granada hare bringing 2.33 kilos (5.14 lbs) to the scale
- Jameson’s red rock hare bringing 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs) to the scale
- Black jackrabbit bringing 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs) to the scale
- Manzano Mountain cottontail with a size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- Korean hare with a size of 46.5 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same weight as a Arctic hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus arcticus:
- Mona monkey with a weight of 3.98 kilos (8.77 lbs)
- Common spotted cuscus with a weight of 4.06 kilos (8.95 lbs)
- Bonnet macaque with a weight of 5 kilos (11.02 lbs)
- Hoary fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
- Greater spot-nosed monkey with a weight of 5.26 kilos (11.6 lbs)
- Crested mona monkey with a weight of 3.58 kilos (7.89 lbs)
- Red-tailed monkey with a weight of 3.54 kilos (7.8 lbs)
- Pampas fox with a weight of 4.54 kilos (10.01 lbs)
- Arctic fox with a weight of 3.58 kilos (7.89 lbs)
- Sechuran fox with a weight of 4.23 kilos (9.33 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Arctic hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Arctic hare:
- Small Indian civet with a size of 54 cm (1′ 10″)
- European wildcat with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- Tres Marias raccoon with a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Mountain hare with a size of 50.9 cm (1′ 9″)
- Kirk’s dik-dik with a size of 65.5 cm (2′ 2″)
- Black crested gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Lowland paca with a size of 64.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Angola colobus with a size of 56.5 cm (1′ 11″)
- Hoolock gibbon with a size of 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Woolly hare with a size of 46.5 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Arctic hare
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (5) as a Arctic hare:
- Wood mouse
- Javan warty pig
- Wongai ningaui
- Striped skunk
- Natal multimammate mouse
- Grey red-backed vole
- Marbled polecat
- Eurasian harvest mouse
- Water vole (North America)
- Pale field rat
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Arctic hare
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Arctic hare:
- Black-shouldered opossum with an average maximal age of 7.83 years
- Slender mongoose with an average maximal age of 6 years
- Mountain degu with an average maximal age of 7.33 years
- American pika with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Florida mouse with an average maximal age of 7.33 years
- White-tailed antelope squirrel with an average maximal age of 5.75 years
- Least chipmunk with an average maximal age of 6.25 years
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum with an average maximal age of 6.33 years
- Bahamian hutia with an average maximal age of 6 years
- White-tailed rat with an average maximal age of 6 years