It is hard to guess what a Hispid hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) on average weights 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs).
The Hispid hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Caprolagus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 46 cm (1′ 7″). On average, Hispid hares can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 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 hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus), also called Assam rabbit and bristly rabbit, is a leporid native to South Asia, whose historic range extended along the southern foothills of the Himalayas. Today, its habitat is highly fragmented with an area of occupancy estimated at less than 500 km2 (190 sq mi) extending over an area of 5,000 to 20,000 km2 (1,900 to 7,700 sq mi). Populations experienced a continuing decline in suitable habitat due to increasing agriculture, flood control, and human development. It is therefore listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1986.
Animals of the same family as a Hispid hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- European hare bringing 3.82 kilos (8.42 lbs) to the scale
- Desert cottontail with a weight of 882 grams
- Marsh rabbit bringing 1.36 kilos (3 lbs) to the scale
- Woolly hare bringing 2.47 kilos (5.45 lbs) to the scale
- Pygmy rabbit with a weight of 437 grams
- San José brush rabbit with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- African savanna hare bringing 1.76 kilos (3.88 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain hare bringing 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs) to the scale
- European rabbit bringing 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs) to the scale
- Smith’s red rock hare bringing 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Hispid hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Caprolagus hispidus:
- Booted macaque with a weight of 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs)
- Crested agouti with a weight of 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs)
- Black-tailed jackrabbit with a weight of 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs)
- Burmese hare with a weight of 2.27 kilos (5 lbs)
- Cape hare with a weight of 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs)
- Swift fox with a weight of 2.11 kilos (4.65 lbs)
- South African springhare with a weight of 2.55 kilos (5.62 lbs)
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
- Small Indian civet with a weight of 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs)
- Large bamboo rat with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Hispid hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Hispid hare:
- Alpine woolly rat with a size of 44.2 cm (1′ 6″)
- Swift fox with a size of 50.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- Spotted giant flying squirrel with a size of 39.8 cm (1′ 4″)
- Yellow-spotted rock hyrax with a size of 46.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Rothschild’s woolly rat with a size of 38.1 cm (1′ 3″)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Dice’s cottontail with a size of 37.4 cm (1′ 3″)
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat with a size of 38.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Groundhog with a size of 41.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Large-spotted civet with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Hispid hare
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Hispid hare: