Chacoan Mara vs Orange cestrum

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Cestrum aurantiacum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Orange cestrum
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Solanales (Solanales)
Family	Caviidae	Solanaceae
Genus	Dolichotis	Cestrum
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Cestrum aurantiacum

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Orange cestrum

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Orange cestrum
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Orange cestrum

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Indonesia), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

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.