Chacoan Mara vs Gunpowder tree

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Melochia umbellata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Gunpowder tree
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Caviidae	Malvaceae
Genus	Dolichotis	Melochia
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Melochia umbellata

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Gunpowder tree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and 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.