Chacoan Mara vs Downy Safflower

Dolichotis salinicola compared with Carthamus lanatus

Key Differences

• Chacoan Mara is Least Concern while Downy Safflower is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chacoan Mara	Downy Safflower
Kingdom	Animalia (hayvan)	Plantae (bitki)
Phylum	Chordata (Kordalılar)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (memeliler)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (kemiriciler)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Caviidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Dolichotis	Carthamus
Species	Dolichotis salinicola	Carthamus lanatus

Conservation Status

Chacoan Mara

LC — Least Concern

Downy Safflower

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chacoan Mara	Downy Safflower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chacoan Mara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Downy Safflower

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (15 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Chile).

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.