Categories
Animal Size

Natal red rock hare size: How big do they get?

How big does a Natal red rock hare get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:

A grown Natal red rock hare (Pronolagus crassicaudatus) reaches an average size of 51 cm (1′ 9″).

When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 2.42 kg (5.33 lbs). A Natal red rock hare has 1 babies at once. The Natal red rock hare (genus: Pronolagus) 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 average adult size of a Natal red rock hare is  (1' 9

The Natal red rock hare or greater red rock hare (Pronolagus crassicaudatus) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae (rabbits and hares). It has a slightly grizzled, grayish brown head and reddish brown upperparts. The dense fur is thick and rougher than other rock hares. It is endemic to Africa, and found in southeastern provinces of South Africa (Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu-Natal), eastern Lesotho, Swaziland (Highveld and Lumbobo), and southern Mozambique (Maputo Province). It is a herbivore, primarily feeding on grass. It breeds throughout the year, and one or two pups are usually born in the summer. It is rated as a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.

Animals of the same family as a Natal red rock hare

We found other animals of the Leporidae family:

Animals with the same size as a Natal red rock hare

Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Natal red rock hare:

Animals with the same litter size as a Natal red rock hare

Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Natal red rock hare:

Animals with the same weight as a Natal red rock hare

As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Pronolagus crassicaudatus: