American Pumpkin vs Chacoan Mara

Cucurbita pepo compared with Dolichotis salinicola

Key Differences

• American Pumpkin is Not Evaluated while Chacoan Mara is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	American Pumpkin	Chacoan Mara
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Cucurbitales (Cucurbitales)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Cucurbitaceae	Caviidae
Genus	Cucurbita	Dolichotis
Species	Cucurbita pepo	Dolichotis salinicola

Conservation Status

American Pumpkin

NE — Not Evaluated

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	American Pumpkin	Chacoan Mara
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

American Pumpkin

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (23 countries), North America (Canada, Costa Rica, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

American Pumpkin

The American Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) is a species in the genus Cucurbita. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Chacoan Mara

The Chacoan Mara (Dolichotis salinicola) is a species in the genus Dolichotis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.