Chacoan Mara vs Vegetable fern

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Tracheophyta
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Caviidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Dolichotis	Diplazium
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Vegetable fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.