Anthro Animals to Scale
If animals were scaled up to be about the same size in anthro form (human-size) regardless of species (i.e. wolf-people and hare-people both become man-sized as well as man-shaped), would the ones that are more deadly in our world still be more deadly?
In most fiction with anthropomorphized animals, the general food-chain hierarchy of which animals are more deadly than others seem to still apply. Predator animals are still dangerous with their claws and teeth that are designed for hunting and killing, while former prey species are still generally not-so-deadly unless they resort to manufactured weapons.
However, I would imagine that a great many creatures that are stereotyped as harmless in our world would become much more dangerous when scaled to match their peers. Even non-hunting creatures have powerful teeth and claws, and they would be even more so if greatly enlarged. Burrowing creatures like rabbits and moles, with their digging foreclaws, would probably be able to do some serious damage. Even flat-tooth herbivores, if as large as their enemies, would be able to do some serious biting damage. Small, fuzzy creatures in general may be weak when small, but a human-sized equivalent might have a good amount of muscle indeed.
How would the natural weapons of a timber wolf and a hare compare if they were about equally sized? How equalized would their teeth and claws become? How would their muscle-sizes and to-scale strength measure up?
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I cannot find anything usable for a good comparison of a wolf and a hare the size of a human. The closest thing regarding the bite is this article about the bite force quotient, which might help you get an idea of how strong your wolf might be if he was human sized.
Regarding fighting: hares can be seen having "boxing-fights" with each other. So I suppose in your case you could adapt some human martial arts to your hare. Because hares have very strong hind-legs something like kick-boxing sounds like an interesting idea for your hare. This source says that the North American Jackrabbit is faster than a grey wolf (40 mp/h). If you make your hare bigger he will be even faster. So you have a very fast fighter focusing on his hind-legs as a "weapon", but able to use his fists, too.
Wolfs would normally hunt in a pack. Therefore your wolf might prefer an unequal fight in a gang against isolated targets. This article says, that the bite of a wolf can be up to 400 pounds per square inch. This could also be used as a reference for your bigger wolf, although I am not sure how big this wolf should be. According to wikipedia a grey wolf can be up to 1,6 metres "long" and weighs up to 80 kg. Sounds like a human, if you can make him stand up straight.
So, basically you have a very fast kick-boxer that would normally try to run away as fast as possible and a thug with an extreme bite preferring to fight in a pack. I don't think these two would fight, but if they had to the hare would have the advantage, as long as he is not bitten. Once the wolf lands a hit the hare is a goner. The claws of the wolf could be problematic too, but again, the hare might be faster.
I hope this helps you with your idea.
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