Chacoan Mara vs Silkrubber

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Funtumia elastica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Caviidae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Dolichotis	Funtumia
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Silkrubber
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.

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.