Chacoan Mara vs Doum Palm

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Hyphaene thebaica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Doum Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Caviidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Dolichotis	Hyphaene
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Hyphaene thebaica

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Doum Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

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.