It is hard to guess what a White-sided jackrabbit weights. But we have the answer:
An adult White-sided jackrabbit (Lepus callotis) on average weights 2.61 kg (5.75 lbs).
The White-sided jackrabbit is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 48.8 cm (1′ 8″). On average, White-sided jackrabbits can have babies 3 times per year with a litter size of 2.
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 white-sided jackrabbit (Lepus callotis), also known as the Mexican hare, is a jackrabbit found in a limited range in North America, from southern New Mexico to northwestern and central Mexico. The animal is considered threatened in New Mexico, with its numbers in decline in recent years.
Animals of the same family as a White-sided jackrabbit
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Eastern cottontail bringing 1.21 kilos (2.67 lbs) to the scale
- Smith’s red rock hare bringing 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs) to the scale
- Manchurian hare bringing 1.84 kilos (4.06 lbs) to the scale
- European hare bringing 3.82 kilos (8.42 lbs) to the scale
- Brush rabbit with a weight of 716 grams
- Desert cottontail with a weight of 882 grams
- Pygmy rabbit with a weight of 437 grams
- Manzano Mountain cottontail with a size of 38.5 cm (1′ 4″)
- Indian hare bringing 2.3 kilos (5.07 lbs) to the scale
- Tapeti with a weight of 988 grams
Animals with the same weight as a White-sided jackrabbit
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus callotis:
- Red lemur with a weight of 2.39 kilos (5.27 lbs)
- Pallas’s cat with a weight of 3.05 kilos (6.72 lbs)
- Small-toothed palm civet with a weight of 2.32 kilos (5.11 lbs)
- Macleay’s dorcopsis with a weight of 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs)
- Hispid hare with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Small Indian civet with a weight of 2.95 kilos (6.5 lbs)
- Hoary marmot with a weight of 2.25 kilos (4.96 lbs)
- Marbled cat with a weight of 2.83 kilos (6.24 lbs)
- Booted macaque with a weight of 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs)
- Omilteme cottontail with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a White-sided jackrabbit
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as White-sided jackrabbit:
- White-tailed mongoose with a size of 57.3 cm (1′ 11″)
- Common opossum with a size of 40.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Jameson’s red rock hare with a size of 45.9 cm (1′ 7″)
- Ground cuscus with a size of 45.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Lion-tailed macaque with a size of 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Preuss’s red colobus with a size of 57.9 cm (1′ 11″)
- Meller’s mongoose with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
- Java mouse-deer with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Servaline genet with a size of 49.4 cm (1′ 8″)
- Banded palm civet with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a White-sided jackrabbit
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a White-sided jackrabbit: