It is hard to guess what a Chinese hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Chinese hare (Lepus sinensis) on average weights 1.61 kg (3.55 lbs).
The Chinese hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 38 cm (1′ 3″).
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 Chinese hare (Lepus sinensis) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It is found in China, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Chinese hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Omilteme cottontail bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- New England cottontail with a weight of 814 grams
- Black jackrabbit bringing 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs) to the scale
- Marsh rabbit bringing 1.36 kilos (3 lbs) to the scale
- Snowshoe hare bringing 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs) to the scale
- San José brush rabbit with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Pygmy rabbit with a weight of 437 grams
- Tehuantepec jackrabbit bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain hare bringing 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs) to the scale
- Desert cottontail with a weight of 882 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Chinese hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus sinensis:
- Steppe polecat with a weight of 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs)
- Fennec fox with a weight of 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs)
- Northern brushtail possum with a weight of 1.55 kilos (3.42 lbs)
- Little Swan Island hutia with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Eastern common cuscus with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Crested servaline genet with a weight of 1.86 kilos (4.1 lbs)
- Mountain cuscus with a weight of 1.82 kilos (4.01 lbs)
- Southern three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.32 kilos (2.91 lbs)
- Indian grey mongoose with a weight of 1.31 kilos (2.89 lbs)
- Rothschild’s cuscus with a weight of 1.37 kilos (3.02 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Chinese hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Chinese hare:
- Golden-backed uakari with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Striped polecat with a size of 33.5 cm (1′ 2″)
- Long-tailed chinchilla with a size of 30.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Desert cottontail with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Thomas’s flying squirrel with a size of 34 cm (1′ 2″)
- Hooded skunk with a size of 30.8 cm (1′ 1″)
- D’Albertis’ ringtail possum with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Xerus erythropus with a size of 31.2 cm (1′ 1″)
- Red acouchi with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)