It is hard to guess what a White-tailed jackrabbit weights. But we have the answer:
An adult White-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii) on average weights 3.38 kg (7.44 lbs).
The White-tailed jackrabbit is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). It is usually born with about 90 grams (0.2 lbs). They can live for up to 8 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 51.3 cm (1′ 9″). On average, White-tailed jackrabbits can have babies 3 times per year with a litter size of 4.
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-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii), also known as the prairie hare and the white jack, is a species of hare found in western North America. Like all hares and rabbits, it is a member of the family Leporidae of order Lagomorpha. It is a solitary individual except where several males court a female in the breeding season. Litters of four to five young are born in a form, a shallow depression in the ground, hidden among vegetation. This jackrabbit has two described subspecies: L. townsendii townsendii occurring west of the Rocky Mountains and L. townsendii campanius occurring east of the Rocky Mountains.
Animals of the same family as a White-tailed jackrabbit
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- African savanna hare bringing 1.76 kilos (3.88 lbs) to the scale
- Chinese hare bringing 1.61 kilos (3.55 lbs) to the scale
- Manchurian hare bringing 1.84 kilos (4.06 lbs) to the scale
- Ethiopian highland hare bringing 2.77 kilos (6.11 lbs) to the scale
- Snowshoe hare bringing 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs) to the scale
- San José brush rabbit with a size of 29.4 cm (1′ 0″)
- Korean hare with a size of 46.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Desert cottontail with a weight of 882 grams
- Mountain hare bringing 3.11 kilos (6.86 lbs) to the scale
- Sumatran striped rabbit bringing 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a White-tailed jackrabbit
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus townsendii:
- Red-eared guenon with a weight of 3.25 kilos (7.17 lbs)
- Tiger quoll with a weight of 3.32 kilos (7.32 lbs)
- Ethiopian highland hare with a weight of 2.77 kilos (6.11 lbs)
- Aye-aye with a weight of 2.74 kilos (6.04 lbs)
- Golden palm civet with a weight of 2.82 kilos (6.22 lbs)
- Yellow-bellied marmot with a weight of 3.71 kilos (8.18 lbs)
- Fisher (animal) with a weight of 3.75 kilos (8.27 lbs)
- Cozumel raccoon with a weight of 2.96 kilos (6.53 lbs)
- Flat-headed cat with a weight of 3.53 kilos (7.78 lbs)
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with a weight of 3.86 kilos (8.51 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a White-tailed jackrabbit
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as White-tailed jackrabbit:
- Mantled howler with a size of 57.7 cm (1′ 11″)
- Tiger quoll with a size of 42.7 cm (1′ 5″)
- Yellow-bellied marmot with a size of 41.2 cm (1′ 5″)
- Brown howler with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby with a size of 52.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Crab-eating mongoose with a size of 50.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- Javan surili with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Java mouse-deer with a size of 51.4 cm (1′ 9″)
- Pagai Island macaque with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- Greater spot-nosed monkey with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
Animals with the same litter size as a White-tailed jackrabbit
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (4) as a White-tailed jackrabbit:
- Common vole
- Brown four-eyed opossum
- Dhole
- African grass rat
- Desert pygmy mouse
- Siberian zokor
- Black-tailed prairie dog
- Senegal gerbil
- Pallas’s cat
- Llanos long-nosed armadillo
Animals with the same life expectancy as a White-tailed jackrabbit
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a White-tailed jackrabbit:
- Long-eared hedgehog with an average maximal age of 6.75 years
- Mongolian gazelle with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Mexican mouse opossum with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Little pocket mouse with an average maximal age of 8.25 years
- North African hedgehog with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Grey-bellied squirrel with an average maximal age of 9.5 years
- Black dorcopsis with an average maximal age of 8 years
- Eastern cottontail with an average maximal age of 9 years
- Indian gerbil with an average maximal age of 7 years
- Nathusius’s pipistrelle with an average maximal age of 8 years