It is hard to guess what a Manchurian hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Manchurian hare (Lepus mandshuricus) on average weights 1.84 kg (4.05 lbs).
The Manchurian hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 23.9 cm (0′ 10″). Usually, Manchurian hares have 2 babies per litter.
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 Manchurian hare (Lepus mandshuricus) is a species of hare found in northeastern China and Russia, the Amur River basin, and the higher mountains of northern Korea. It lives in forests and the IUCN has assessed its conservation status as being of “least concern”.
Animals of the same family as a Manchurian hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Antelope jackrabbit bringing 3.93 kilos (8.66 lbs) to the scale
- Yarkand hare bringing 1.47 kilos (3.24 lbs) to the scale
- Eastern cottontail bringing 1.21 kilos (2.67 lbs) to the scale
- Alaskan hare bringing 4.85 kilos (10.69 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian highland hare bringing 2.77 kilos (6.11 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
- Burmese hare bringing 2.27 kilos (5 lbs) to the scale
- Hainan hare bringing 1.52 kilos (3.35 lbs) to the scale
- Jameson’s red rock hare bringing 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Manchurian hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus mandshuricus:
- Platypus with a weight of 1.48 kilos (3.26 lbs)
- Southern long-nosed armadillo with a weight of 1.5 kilos (3.31 lbs)
- Brazilian three-banded armadillo with a weight of 1.49 kilos (3.28 lbs)
- Andean hairy armadillo with a weight of 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs)
- Cape hare with a weight of 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs)
- Banded hare-wallaby with a weight of 1.94 kilos (4.28 lbs)
- Common genet with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Steppe polecat with a weight of 1.69 kilos (3.73 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)
Animals with the same litter size as a Manchurian hare
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Manchurian hare: