It is hard to guess what a Tres Marias rabbit weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Tres Marias rabbit (Sylvilagus graysoni) on average weights 964 grams (2.13 lbs).
The Tres Marias rabbit is from the family Leporidae (genus: Sylvilagus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 42.8 cm (1′ 5″).
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 Tres Marias cottontail or Tres Marias rabbit (Sylvilagus graysoni) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It is endemic to the Tres Marias Islands, part of the Mexican state of Nayarit. The Rabbit is abundantly found in both the Madre and Magdalena islands but only has some occurrences in the Cleofa island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The rabbit only has one predatory mammal, (the Tres Marias racoon) and only two Birds that prey on them, the Red – tailed Hawk and the Caracaras.
Animals of the same family as a Tres Marias rabbit
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Tolai hare bringing 1.59 kilos (3.51 lbs) to the scale
- Jameson’s red rock hare bringing 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs) to the scale
- European hare bringing 3.82 kilos (8.42 lbs) to the scale
- Snowshoe hare bringing 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs) to the scale
- Antelope jackrabbit bringing 3.93 kilos (8.66 lbs) to the scale
- Yunnan hare bringing 2.02 kilos (4.45 lbs) to the scale
- Robust cottontail with a size of 39.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Chinese hare bringing 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs) to the scale
- San José brush rabbit with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Eastern cottontail bringing 1.21 kilos (2.67 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Tres Marias rabbit
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sylvilagus graysoni:
- Desert rat-kangaroo bringing 929 grams to the scale
- Tapeti bringing 988 grams to the scale
- Brown titi bringing 851 grams to the scale
- White-tailed prairie dog bringing 964 grams to the scale
- Rio Mayo titi bringing 992 grams to the scale
- Coppery titi with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Black squirrel monkey bringing 784 grams to the scale
- Mexican prairie dog bringing 900 grams to the scale
- Travancore flying squirrel bringing 794 grams to the scale
- European polecat bringing 980 grams to the scale
Animals with the same size as a Tres Marias rabbit
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tres Marias rabbit:
- Mountain cuscus with a size of 40.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Northern brown bandicoot with a size of 35.4 cm (1′ 2″)
- Black flying squirrel with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Ground cuscus with a size of 45.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- De Brazza’s monkey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Ring-tailed vontsira with a size of 35.2 cm (1′ 2″)
- Aquatic genet with a size of 45.8 cm (1′ 7″)
- Robust cottontail with a size of 39.4 cm (1′ 4″)
- Long-nosed echymipera with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Southern naked-tailed armadillo with a size of 45.5 cm (1′ 6″)