Chacoan Mara vs Sprawling signalgrass

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Urochloa reptans

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Sprawling signalgrass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Caviidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Dolichotis	Urochloa
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Urochloa reptans

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Sprawling signalgrass

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Sprawling signalgrass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Sprawling signalgrass

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Taiwan, Timor-Leste), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (4 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.