Chacoan Mara vs Desert wheatgrass

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Agropyron desertorum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Desert wheatgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Caviidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Dolichotis	Agropyron
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Agropyron desertorum

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Desert wheatgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Desert wheatgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Desert wheatgrass

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Bhutan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (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.