It is hard to guess what a Ethiopian highland hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Ethiopian highland hare (Lepus starcki) on average weights 2.77 kg (6.1 lbs).
The Ethiopian highland hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 9″).
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 Ethiopian highland hare (Lepus starcki) is a medium-sized species of mammal in the rabbit and hare family, Leporidae. Its dorsal pelage is grizzled, buff white and spotted and streaked with black, while its belly fur is pure white and fluffy. It is endemic to the Ethiopian Highlands, ranging over the Afroalpine regions of the Shoa, Bale, and Arsi Provinces of Ethiopia. A herbivore, it mostly feeds on moorland grasses. The IUCN rates it as a species of least concern.
Animals of the same family as a Ethiopian highland hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- White-sided jackrabbit bringing 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs) to the scale
- Amami rabbit with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- White-tailed jackrabbit bringing 3.38 kilos (7.45 lbs) to the scale
- Japanese hare bringing 2.53 kilos (5.58 lbs) to the scale
- Black-tailed jackrabbit bringing 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs) to the scale
- Granada hare bringing 2.33 kilos (5.14 lbs) to the scale
- Sumatran striped rabbit bringing 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs) to the scale
- Smith’s red rock hare bringing 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs) to the scale
- Arctic hare bringing 4.42 kilos (9.74 lbs) to the scale
- African savanna hare bringing 1.76 kilos (3.88 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Ethiopian highland hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus starcki:
- Granada hare with a weight of 2.33 kilos (5.14 lbs)
- Rufous rat-kangaroo with a weight of 2.81 kilos (6.19 lbs)
- Black bearded saki with a weight of 2.97 kilos (6.55 lbs)
- Silver dik-dik with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Tehuantepec jackrabbit with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Indian hare with a weight of 2.3 kilos (5.07 lbs)
- Natal red rock hare with a weight of 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs)
- Hoary marmot with a weight of 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs)
- Large bamboo rat with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Omilteme cottontail with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Ethiopian highland hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Ethiopian highland hare:
- Lesser grison with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Bates’s pygmy antelope with a size of 54 cm (1′ 10″)
- White-thighed surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Diana monkey with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- Marbled cat with a size of 51.7 cm (1′ 9″)
- Golden-crowned sifaka with a size of 47.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Common genet with a size of 55.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey with a size of 43.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- White-nosed saki with a size of 44 cm (1′ 6″)
- Stump-tailed macaque with a size of 60 cm (2′ 0″)