Chacoan mara: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Chacoan mara Dolichotis salinicola Least concern

Where the Chacoan mara lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 50 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Чакоанская, или чакская, или малая мара (Dolichotis salinicola), Chacoan mara, Kleiner Mara, Tierpark Berlin Friedrichsfelde, 10.2012 — Photo: Николай Усик / http://paradoxusik.livejournal.com/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name	Dolichotis salinicola
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Caviidae

Where does the Chacoan mara live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Chacoan mara in 2 countries and territories across South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Chacoan mara endangered?

The Chacoan mara’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Chacoan mara?

The Chacoan mara (Dolichotis salinicola) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Caviidae, genus Dolichotis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Chacoan mara

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chacoan mara (revision 1348528402), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q195350 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).