Chacoan Mara vs Spanish-needles

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Bidens bipinnata

Key Differences

• Chacoan Mara is Least Concern while Spanish-needles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Spanish-needles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Caviidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Dolichotis	Bidens
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Bidens bipinnata

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Spanish-needles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Spanish-needles
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spanish-needles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (19 countries), North America (Canada), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.