It is hard to guess what a Japanese hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus) on average weights 2.53 kg (5.57 lbs).
The Japanese hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 49.9 cm (1′ 8″). On average, Japanese hares can have babies 2 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus) is a species of hare native to Japan.
Animals of the same family as a Japanese hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Woolly hare bringing 2.47 kilos (5.45 lbs) to the scale
- Riverine rabbit bringing 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs) to the scale
- Hainan hare bringing 1.52 kilos (3.35 lbs) to the scale
- Alaskan hare bringing 4.85 kilos (10.69 lbs) to the scale
- Yarkand hare bringing 1.47 kilos (3.24 lbs) to the scale
- Sumatran striped rabbit bringing 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs) to the scale
- European rabbit bringing 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs) to the scale
- Marsh rabbit bringing 1.36 kilos (3 lbs) to the scale
- Cape hare bringing 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs) to the scale
- Mexican cottontail bringing 2.49 kilos (5.49 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Japanese hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus brachyurus:
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin with a weight of 2.52 kilos (5.56 lbs)
- Ring-tailed lemur with a weight of 2.63 kilos (5.8 lbs)
- Broom hare with a weight of 2.83 kilos (6.24 lbs)
- Cat with a weight of 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs)
- Silver dik-dik with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Cape fox with a weight of 2.92 kilos (6.44 lbs)
- Sunda stink badger with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Kinkajou with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
- Red-bellied lemur with a weight of 2.03 kilos (4.48 lbs)
- African palm civet with a weight of 2.17 kilos (4.78 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Japanese hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Japanese hare:
- Spotted-necked otter with a size of 59.7 cm (2′ 0″)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Eastern falanouc with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Groundhog with a size of 41.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Red-eared guenon with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Black capuchin with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- Common genet with a size of 55.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey with a size of 55.1 cm (1′ 10″)
- De Brazza’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Japanese hare
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Japanese hare: