It is hard to guess what a Riverine rabbit weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Riverine rabbit (Bunolagus monticularis) on average weights 1.75 kg (3.86 lbs).
The Riverine rabbit is from the family Leporidae (genus: Bunolagus). It is usually born with about 42 grams (0.09 lbs). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 43 cm (1′ 5″). Usually, Riverine rabbits 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 riverine rabbit (Bunolagus monticularis), also known as the bushman rabbit or bushman hare, is one of the most endangered mammals in the world, with only around 500 living adults, and 1500 overall. This rabbit has an extremely limited distribution area, found only in the central and southern regions of the Karoo Desert of South Africa’s Northern Cape Province. It is the only member of the genus Bunolagus because of unique traits that separate it from the other lagomorphs in the genus Lepus. There is still controversy and debate between taxonomists over its classification. Many tests and karyotypic analysis has been performed on hares from the genus Lepus to compare the riverine rabbit to others that are classified as true hares.They have a diet which consists of mostly plants and vegetation, but their usual food sources are being diminished, causing a scarcity for their population. This food loss is also connected to other problems such as with forming burrows. A unique aspect of its biology is that females can only produce one offspring per year. This contributes to how it is classified as critically endangered, which is the most severe classification available. Other unique traits include being nocturnal, and producing two different types of droppings. Currently, there are conservation plans being enacted to help with its decreasing population and habitat.
Animals of the same family as a Riverine rabbit
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Japanese hare bringing 2.53 kilos (5.58 lbs) to the scale
- Woolly hare bringing 2.47 kilos (5.45 lbs) to the scale
- Jameson’s red rock hare bringing 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs) to the scale
- Mexican cottontail bringing 2.49 kilos (5.49 lbs) to the scale
- San José brush rabbit with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Indian hare bringing 2.3 kilos (5.07 lbs) to the scale
- Mountain cottontail with a weight of 803 grams
- Broom hare bringing 2.83 kilos (6.24 lbs) to the scale
- Burmese hare bringing 2.27 kilos (5 lbs) to the scale
- Omilteme cottontail bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Riverine rabbit
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Bunolagus monticularis:
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Boodie with a weight of 1.45 kilos (3.2 lbs)
- Bushy-tailed mongoose with a weight of 1.72 kilos (3.79 lbs)
- Steppe polecat with a weight of 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Long-tailed porcupine with a weight of 1.75 kilos (3.86 lbs)
- Manchurian hare with a weight of 1.84 kilos (4.06 lbs)
- Indian giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs)
- Crowned lemur with a weight of 1.7 kilos (3.75 lbs)
- Ruddy mongoose with a weight of 1.7 kilos (3.75 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Riverine rabbit
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Riverine rabbit:
- Tapeti with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- White-thighed surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Menzbier’s marmot with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Raccoon with a size of 48.6 cm (1′ 8″)
- Mountain cuscus with a size of 40.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Northern common cuscus with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- White-sided jackrabbit with a size of 48.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- David’s echymipera with a size of 37.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Robust cottontail with a size of 39.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Brown howler with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Riverine rabbit
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Riverine rabbit: