How big does a Tapeti get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis) reaches an average size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). A full-grown exemplary reaches roughly 988 grams (2.18 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Tapetis have 1 babies about 4 times per year. The Tapeti (genus: Sylvilagus) 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 tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis), also known as the Brazilian cottontail or forest cottontail, is a species of cottontail rabbit. It is small to medium-sized with a small, dark tail, short hind feet, and short ears. As traditionally defined, its range extends from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, but this includes several distinctive population that recent authorities have recommended splitting into separate species. Under this narrower definition, the true tapeti only occurs in the Atlantic Rainforest of coastal northeastern Brazil and it is classified as “Endangered” by the IUCN.
Animals of the same family as a Tapeti
We found other animals of the Leporidae family:
- Cape hare with a size of 42.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Omilteme cottontail with a size of 39.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- New England cottontail with a size of 36.3 cm (1′ 3″)
- Marsh rabbit with a size of 40.2 cm (1′ 4″)
- Bunyoro rabbit with a size of 47 cm (1′ 7″)
- Natal red rock hare with a size of 51 cm (1′ 9″)
- Abyssinian hare bringing 2.02 kilos (4.45 lbs) to the scale
- Antelope jackrabbit with a size of 54.6 cm (1′ 10″)
- Tolai hare with 2 babies per litter
- Volcano rabbit with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
Animals with the same size as a Tapeti
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Tapeti:
- Small dorcopsis with a size of 38.7 cm (1′ 4″)
- Clara’s echymipera with a size of 34.1 cm (1′ 2″)
- Greater bamboo lemur with a size of 37 cm (1′ 3″)
- Short-beaked echidna with a size of 37.6 cm (1′ 3″)
- Macleay’s dorcopsis with a size of 39.9 cm (1′ 4″)
- Eastern spotted skunk with a size of 30 cm (1′ 0″)
- Northern naked-tailed armadillo with a size of 41.6 cm (1′ 5″)
- Abyssinian genet with a size of 42.4 cm (1′ 5″)
- White-faced spiny tree-rat with a size of 29.7 cm (1′ 0″)
- Desert cottontail with a size of 32.5 cm (1′ 1″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Tapeti
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Tapeti:
- Sunda flying lemur
- Nelson’s kangaroo rat
- Montane guinea pig
- Long-winged tomb bat
- Impala
- Natterer’s bat
- Siamang
- Maned rat
- Large mosaic-tailed rat
- Acuminate horseshoe bat
Animals with the same weight as a Tapeti
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Sylvilagus brasiliensis:
- Herbert River ringtail possum with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Western quoll with a weight of 1.12 kilos (2.47 lbs)
- Andean squirrel bringing 803 grams to the scale
- Black-footed ferret bringing 907 grams to the scale
- Hoffmanns’s titi with a weight of 1.07 kilos (2.36 lbs)
- Stump-tailed porcupine bringing 832 grams to the scale
- Mimic tree rat bringing 975 grams to the scale
- Humboldt’s hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 1.1 kilos (2.43 lbs)
- Black-capped squirrel monkey bringing 802 grams to the scale
- Molina’s hog-nosed skunk bringing 960 grams to the scale