It is hard to guess what a Mountain hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) on average weights 3.11 kg (6.86 lbs).
The Mountain hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). It is usually born with about 113 grams (0.25 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 50.9 cm (1′ 9″). On average, Mountain hares can have babies 3 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 mountain hare (Lepus timidus), also known as blue hare, tundra hare, variable hare, white hare, snow hare, alpine hare, and Irish hare, is a Palearctic hare that is largely adapted to polar and mountainous habitats. This species is considered as the “National animal of Tatarstan” respectively.
Animals of the same family as a Mountain hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- White-tailed jackrabbit bringing 3.38 kilos (7.45 lbs) to the scale
- Dice’s cottontail with a size of 37.4 cm (1′ 3″)
- Arctic hare bringing 4.42 kilos (9.74 lbs) to the scale
- Snowshoe hare bringing 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs) to the scale
- Abyssinian hare bringing 2.02 kilos (4.45 lbs) to the scale
- White-sided jackrabbit bringing 2.61 kilos (5.75 lbs) to the scale
- Hainan hare bringing 1.52 kilos (3.35 lbs) to the scale
- Tres Marias rabbit with a weight of 964 grams
- San José brush rabbit with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Scrub hare bringing 2.6 kilos (5.73 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Mountain hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus timidus:
- Asian palm civet with a weight of 3.2 kilos (7.05 lbs)
- Tiger quoll with a weight of 3.32 kilos (7.32 lbs)
- Yellow-bellied marmot with a weight of 3.71 kilos (8.18 lbs)
- Ring-tailed lemur with a weight of 2.63 kilos (5.8 lbs)
- Egyptian mongoose with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Kaapori capuchin with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Leopard cat with a weight of 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs)
- Black-footed mongoose with a weight of 2.62 kilos (5.78 lbs)
- Sclater’s guenon with a weight of 3.07 kilos (6.77 lbs)
- Kalinowski’s agouti with a weight of 2.65 kilos (5.84 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Mountain hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Mountain hare:
- Lar gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- L’Hoest’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Lesser spot-nosed monkey with a size of 41 cm (1′ 5″)
- Pygmy hog with a size of 59.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Mentawai langur with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- White-striped dorcopsis with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Sunda pangolin with a size of 59 cm (2′ 0″)
- American badger with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Grivet with a size of 56 cm (1′ 11″)
- Riverine rabbit with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Mountain hare
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (3) as a Mountain hare: