It is hard to guess what a Yunnan hare weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Yunnan hare (Lepus comus) on average weights 2.02 kg (4.45 lbs).
The Yunnan hare is from the family Leporidae (genus: Lepus). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 47 cm (1′ 7″). On average, Yunnan hares can have babies 2 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 Yunnan hare (Lepus comus) is a medium-sized species of mammal in the family Leporidae. It has soft, flat, and long dorsal pelage which is grayish brown or dark gray in color, and whitish ventral pelage. It was considered endemic to China (mainly in Yunnan), but its presence was recorded in northern Myanmar in 2000. It is a herbivore, and forages on shrubs and forbs. It is rated as a species of least concern on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species. The Red List of China’s Vertebrates has listed the Yunnan hare as near threatened, almost meeting the criteria to be listed as vulnerable.
Animals of the same family as a Yunnan hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Dice’s cottontail with a size of 37.4 cm (1′ 3″)
- Sumatran striped rabbit bringing 1.51 kilos (3.33 lbs) to the scale
- Snowshoe hare bringing 1.57 kilos (3.46 lbs) to the scale
- Omilteme cottontail bringing 3 kilos (6.61 lbs) to the scale
- Granada hare bringing 2.33 kilos (5.14 lbs) to the scale
- Bunyoro rabbit bringing 2.51 kilos (5.53 lbs) to the scale
- African savanna hare bringing 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs) to the scale
- Amami rabbit with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Swamp rabbit bringing 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs) to the scale
- Mexican cottontail bringing 2.49 kilos (5.49 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Yunnan hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus comus:
- Andean hairy armadillo with a weight of 2.14 kilos (4.72 lbs)
- Mountain cuscus with a weight of 1.82 kilos (4.01 lbs)
- Silky cuscus with a weight of 2 kilos (4.41 lbs)
- Pel’s flying squirrel with a weight of 1.77 kilos (3.9 lbs)
- Striped skunk with a weight of 2.4 kilos (5.29 lbs)
- Rusty-spotted genet with a weight of 1.95 kilos (4.3 lbs)
- Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine with a weight of 1.9 kilos (4.19 lbs)
- Sanford’s brown lemur with a weight of 2.39 kilos (5.27 lbs)
- Indian giant flying squirrel with a weight of 1.68 kilos (3.7 lbs)
- Striped hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 2.01 kilos (4.43 lbs)
Animals with the same size as a Yunnan hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Yunnan hare:
- Scrub hare with a size of 49.5 cm (1′ 8″)
- Crab-eating macaque with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Toque macaque with a size of 48 cm (1′ 7″)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- Kinkajou with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- South American coati with a size of 52.8 cm (1′ 9″)
- Crab-eating mongoose with a size of 50.8 cm (1′ 8″)
- White-tailed jackrabbit with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Tana River mangabey with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Meller’s mongoose with a size of 46 cm (1′ 7″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Yunnan hare
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Yunnan hare: