Chacoan Mara vs Spiked pepper

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Piper aduncum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Spiked pepper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Piperales (Piperales)
Family	Caviidae	Piperaceae
Genus	Dolichotis	Piper
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Piper aduncum

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Spiked pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Spiked pepper
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Spiked pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Tanzania), Asia (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), 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.