Pygmy rabbit
Brachylagus idahoensis (Merriam, 1891)
Status not recordedmammals
The pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) is a species in the family Leporidae, order Lagomorpha. Recorded adults weigh 421.3 g to 431.2 g and live up to 4.33 years.
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Quick facts about the pygmy rabbit
- Weight
- 421.3 g – 431.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 4.33 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Herbivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 33 dayssrc for Gestation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5.91src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 8.36 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 2.25src for Litters or clutches a year
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the pygmy rabbit live?
Not recorded
Is the pygmy rabbit endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the pygmy rabbit classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderLagomorpha
- familyLeporidae
- genusBrachylagus
- SpeciesBrachylagus idahoensis (Merriam, 1891)
Synonyms Lepus idahoensis, Sylvilagus idahoensis
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- ZwergkaninchenGerman
Relatives of the pygmy rabbit
Other species in the same family Leporidae.
European rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus
European hare
Lepus europaeus
Mountain hare
Lepus timidus
Arctic hare
Lepus arcticus
Snowshoe hare
Lepus americanus
Cape hare
Lepus capensis
ComparePygmy rabbit vs European rabbitPygmy rabbit vs European harePygmy rabbit vs Mountain harePygmy rabbit vs Arctic hare
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the pygmy rabbit?
An adult pygmy rabbit weighs 421.3 g – 431.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the pygmy rabbit live?
The pygmy rabbit has a recorded lifespan of 4.33 years.
How long is the pygmy rabbit pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 33 days.
What kind of animal is the pygmy rabbit?
The pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis) belongs to the family Leporidae in the order Lagomorpha.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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