It is hard to guess what a Tehuantepec jackrabbit weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis) on average weights 3 kg (6.61 lbs).
The Tehuantepec jackrabbit is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 54.9 cm (1′ 10″).
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 Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis) is easily distinguished from other species of jackrabbits by two black stripes that run from the base of the ears to the nape, and by its white flanks. Underparts are white, upperparts are bright-brown washed with black, rump is gray, and the tail is black. This leporid is one of the largest jackrabbits and has large ears and legs. Adults weigh about 3500 to 4000 grams.
Animals of the same family as a Tehuantepec jackrabbit
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Swamp rabbit bringing 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs) to the scale
- European hare bringing 3.82 kilos (8.42 lbs) to the scale
- Alaskan hare bringing 4.85 kilos (10.69 lbs) to the scale
- Volcano rabbit with a weight of 465 grams
- Yarkand hare bringing 1.47 kilos (3.24 lbs) to the scale
- Desert cottontail with a weight of 882 grams
- Marsh rabbit bringing 1.36 kilos (3 lbs) to the scale
- Antelope jackrabbit bringing 3.93 kilos (8.66 lbs) to the scale
- Indian hare bringing 2.3 kilos (5.07 lbs) to the scale
- Hispid hare bringing 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Tehuantepec jackrabbit
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus flavigularis:
- Rock hyrax with a weight of 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs)
- Salt’s dik-dik with a weight of 3.4 kilos (7.5 lbs)
- Corsac fox with a weight of 2.62 kilos (5.78 lbs)
- Margay with a weight of 3.27 kilos (7.21 lbs)
- Black lemur with a weight of 2.48 kilos (5.47 lbs)
- Rüppell’s fox with a weight of 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs)
- Black bearded saki with a weight of 2.97 kilos (6.55 lbs)
- American hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 2.58 kilos (5.69 lbs)
- Humboldt’s white-fronted capuchin with a weight of 2.52 kilos (5.56 lbs)
- Black-rumped agouti with a weight of 2.9 kilos (6.39 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Tehuantepec jackrabbit
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tehuantepec jackrabbit:
- Mantled guereza with a size of 62.5 cm (2′ 1″)
- Preuss’s monkey with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Banded palm civet with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Alexander’s kusimanse with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Greater long-nosed armadillo with a size of 55.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Liberian mongoose with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Diademed sifaka with a size of 50.1 cm (1′ 8″)
- Japanese hare with a size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″)
- Black-crested Sumatran langur with a size of 50.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Wolf’s mona monkey with a size of 48 cm (1′ 7″)