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Species
Least ConcernChacoan Mara
species
Observations213
via IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
The Chacoan mara (Dolichotis salinicola) or Chacoan cavy is a relatively large South American rodent of the cavy family. They are a close relative of the better known Patagonian mara. The Chacoan mara is the sole member of the genus Dolichotis.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chacoan mara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.