It is hard to guess what a Mexican cottontail weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mexican cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius) on average weights 2.49 kg (5.49 lbs).
The Mexican cottontail is from the family Leporidae (genus: Sylvilagus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 43.5 cm (1′ 6″). Usually, Mexican cottontails have 3 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 Mexican cottontail (Sylvilagus cunicularius) is a species of cottontail rabbit in the family Leporidae. It is endemic to Mexico where its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests and pastureland.
Animals of the same family as a Mexican cottontail
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Sumatran striped rabbit bringing 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs) to the scale
- Korean hare with a size of 46.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Tolai hare bringing 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs) to the scale
- Chinese hare bringing 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs) to the scale
- Arctic hare bringing 4.42 kilos (9.74 lbs) to the scale
- Amami rabbit with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Tapeti with a weight of 988 grams
- Ethiopian highland hare bringing 2.77 kilos (6.11 lbs) to the scale
- Smith’s red rock hare bringing 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs) to the scale
- Robust cottontail with a size of 39.4 cm (1′ 4″)
Animals with the same weight as a Mexican cottontail
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sylvilagus cunicularius:
- Black-footed mongoose with a weight of 2.62 kilos (5.78 lbs)
- Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Aye-aye with a weight of 2.74 kilos (6.04 lbs)
- Kinkajou with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
- Booted macaque with a weight of 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs)
- Jackson’s mongoose with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Black lemur with a weight of 2.48 kilos (5.47 lbs)
- Hamlyn’s monkey with a weight of 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Palawan stink badger with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Mexican cottontail
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mexican cottontail:
- Chinese ferret-badger with a size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- Alexander’s kusimanse with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Servaline genet with a size of 49.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Aye-aye with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- Dice’s cottontail with a size of 37.4 cm (1′ 3″)
- Black dwarf porcupine with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Red-bellied titi with a size of 35.8 cm (1′ 3″)
- Striped skunk with a size of 40 cm (1′ 4″)
- American marten with a size of 38.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- European pine marten with a size of 45.7 cm (1′ 6″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Mexican cottontail
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Mexican cottontail: