It is hard to guess what a Black jackrabbit weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Black jackrabbit (Lepus insularis) on average weights 1.27 kg (2.79 lbs).
The Black jackrabbit is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 23.9 cm (0′ 10″).
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 black jackrabbit (Lepus insularis) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. Endemic to Mexico, its only known location is Espiritu Santo Island in the Gulf of California. The IUCN has listed this species as a “vulnerable species” because of its restricted range. This taxon is regarded by some authorities as being a subspecies of the black-tailed jackrabbit (L. californicus), found on the mainland of Mexico.
Animals of the same family as a Black jackrabbit
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Omilteme cottontail bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Marsh rabbit bringing 1.36 kilos (3 lbs) to the scale
- Sumatran striped rabbit bringing 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs) to the scale
- Tapeti with a weight of 988 grams
- Pygmy rabbit with a weight of 437 grams
- Jameson’s red rock hare bringing 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs) to the scale
- Cape hare bringing 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs) to the scale
- Bunyoro rabbit bringing 2.51 kilos (5.53 lbs) to the scale
- Brush rabbit with a weight of 716 grams
- Eastern cottontail bringing 1.21 kilos (2.67 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Black jackrabbit
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus insularis:
- Grandidier’s mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Common kusimanse with a weight of 1.39 kilos (3.06 lbs)
- Rusty-spotted cat with a weight of 1.42 kilos (3.13 lbs)
- Hoffmanns’s titi with a weight of 1.07 kilos (2.36 lbs)
- Short-tailed mongoose with a weight of 1.4 kilos (3.09 lbs)
- Cream-coloured giant squirrel with a weight of 1.16 kilos (2.56 lbs)
- Spotted linsang with a weight of 1.14 kilos (2.51 lbs)
- Black-headed night monkey with a weight of 1.06 kilos (2.34 lbs)
- Great flying fox with a weight of 1.02 kilos (2.25 lbs)
- Northern brown bandicoot with a weight of 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Black jackrabbit
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Black jackrabbit:
- North African hedgehog with a size of 21.4 cm (0′ 9″)
- Smoky pocket gopher with a size of 19.2 cm (0′ 8″)
- Lesser stick-nest rat with a size of 20.3 cm (0′ 8″)
- Giant Atlantic tree-rat with a size of 28.1 cm (1′ 0″)
- Derby’s woolly opossum with a size of 23.1 cm (0′ 10″)
- Dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel with a size of 19.6 cm (0′ 8″)
- White-footed tamarin with a size of 24 cm (0′ 10″)
- Sinnamary brush-tailed rat with a size of 21.6 cm (0′ 9″)
- Pallas’s squirrel with a size of 21.1 cm (0′ 9″)
- Ring-tailed ground squirrel with a size of 22.1 cm (0′ 9″)