It is hard to guess what a Natal red rock hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Natal red rock hare (Pronolagus crassicaudatus) on average weights 2.42 kg (5.33 lbs).
The Natal red rock hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Pronolagus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51 cm (1′ 9″). Usually, Natal red rock hares have 1 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 Natal red rock hare or greater red rock hare (Pronolagus crassicaudatus) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae (rabbits and hares). It has a slightly grizzled, grayish brown head and reddish brown upperparts. The dense fur is thick and rougher than other rock hares. It is endemic to Africa, and found in southeastern provinces of South Africa (Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu-Natal), eastern Lesotho, Swaziland (Highveld and Lumbobo), and southern Mozambique (Maputo Province). It is a herbivore, primarily feeding on grass. It breeds throughout the year, and one or two pups are usually born in the summer. It is rated as a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.
Animals of the same family as a Natal red rock hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- San José brush rabbit with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Mountain hare bringing 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs) to the scale
- Volcano rabbit with a weight of 465 grams
- Burmese hare bringing 2.27 kilos (5 lbs) to the scale
- Hispid hare bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
- Alaskan hare bringing 4.85 kilos (10.69 lbs) to the scale
- Amami rabbit with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Black jackrabbit bringing 1.27 kilos (2.8 lbs) to the scale
- Indian hare bringing 2.3 kilos (5.07 lbs) to the scale
- European hare bringing 3.82 kilos (8.42 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Natal red rock hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pronolagus crassicaudatus:
- Red lemur with a weight of 2.39 kilos (5.27 lbs)
- Ring-tailed lemur with a weight of 2.63 kilos (5.8 lbs)
- Spectacled hare-wallaby with a weight of 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs)
- Hamlyn’s monkey with a weight of 2.31 kilos (5.09 lbs)
- Cape hare with a weight of 2.05 kilos (4.52 lbs)
- Gray-headed lemur with a weight of 2.4 kilos (5.29 lbs)
- Macleay’s dorcopsis with a weight of 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs)
- Jackson’s mongoose with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Ethiopian highland hare with a weight of 2.77 kilos (6.11 lbs)
- Woolly hare with a weight of 2.47 kilos (5.45 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Natal red rock hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Natal red rock hare:
- Vancouver Island marmot with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Marsh mongoose with a size of 50 cm (1′ 8″)
- African brush-tailed porcupine with a size of 43.1 cm (1′ 5″)
- Brown palm civet with a size of 58.9 cm (2′ 0″)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey with a size of 55.1 cm (1′ 10″)
- Philippine porcupine with a size of 54.2 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black crested gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Pale fox with a size of 43 cm (1′ 5″)
- Nilgiri marten with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Capped langur with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Natal red rock hare
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Natal red rock hare: