How big does a Japanese hare get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus) reaches an average size of 49.9 cm (1′ 8″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 2.53 kg (5.57 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Japanese hares have 2 babies about 2 times per year. The Japanese hare (genus: Lepus) is a member of the family Leporidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus) is a species of hare native to Japan.
Animals of the same family as a Japanese hare
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Amami rabbit with a size of 44.4 cm (1′ 6″)
- Desert cottontail with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
- Tapeti with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Korean hare with a size of 46.5 cm (1′ 7″)
- Chinese hare with a size of 38 cm (1′ 3″)
- Mexican cottontail with a size of 43.5 cm (1′ 6″)
- White-tailed jackrabbit with a size of 51.3 cm (1′ 9″)
- Burmese hare bringing 2.27 kilos (5 lbs) to the scale
- African savanna hare with a size of 45 cm (1′ 6″)
- European hare with a size of 52.6 cm (1′ 9″)
Animals with the same size as a Japanese hare
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Japanese hare:
- Long-nosed mongoose with a size of 55.4 cm (1′ 10″)
- Sunda pangolin with a size of 59 cm (2′ 0″)
- Rock hyrax with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Mentawai langur with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Giant bandicoot with a size of 51.5 cm (1′ 9″)
- Nine-banded armadillo with a size of 44.3 cm (1′ 6″)
- Snowshoe hare with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Vancouver Island marmot with a size of 46.7 cm (1′ 7″)
- Abyssinian genet with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- Zanzibar red colobus with a size of 57.4 cm (1′ 11″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Japanese hare
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (2) as a Japanese hare:
- Least pygmy squirrel
- Crested agouti
- Jaguarundi
- Soft-spined Atlantic spiny rat
- Pygmy rock mouse
- Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat
- Otter civet
- American black bear
- Rock hyrax
- African black shrew
Animals with the same weight as a Japanese hare
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Lepus brachyurus:
- Bunyoro rabbit with a weight of 2.51 kilos (5.53 lbs)
- Black lemur with a weight of 2.48 kilos (5.47 lbs)
- Long-tailed pangolin with a weight of 2.75 kilos (6.06 lbs)
- Dryas monkey with a weight of 2.78 kilos (6.13 lbs)
- Natal red rock hare with a weight of 2.42 kilos (5.34 lbs)
- Cat with a weight of 2.88 kilos (6.35 lbs)
- Stripe-necked mongoose with a weight of 2.38 kilos (5.25 lbs)
- Black dwarf porcupine with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Wolffsohn’s viscacha with a weight of 2.68 kilos (5.91 lbs)
- Giant forest genet with a weight of 2.74 kilos (6.04 lbs)