Chacoan Mara vs Few-Flowered Nutrush

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Scleria pauciflora

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Few-Flowered Nutrush
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Caviidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Dolichotis	Scleria
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Scleria pauciflora

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Few-Flowered Nutrush

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Few-Flowered Nutrush
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Few-Flowered Nutrush

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Cuba.

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.