Chacoan Mara vs Delicate Horsetail

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Equisetum scirpoides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Delicate Horsetail
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Equisetales (Equisetales)
Family	Caviidae	Equisetaceae
Genus	Dolichotis	Equisetum
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Equisetum scirpoides

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Delicate Horsetail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Delicate Horsetail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Delicate Horsetail

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.