Chacoan Mara vs Floating Fern

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Salvinia natans

Key Differences

• Chacoan Mara is Least Concern while Floating Fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Caviidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Dolichotis	Salvinia
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Salvinia natans

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Floating Fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Floating Fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Floating Fern

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (4 countries), Europe (9 countries), North America (Honduras), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

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.