🐭Patagonian mara
The Patagonian mara is a rodent in the mara genus Dolichotis. It is also known as the Patagonian cavy or Patagonian hare. This herbivorous, somewhat rabbit-like animal is found in open and semi-open habitats in Argentina, including large parts of Patagonia. It is monogamous, but often breeds in warrens shared by several pairs.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 13 kg
- Body length
- 0.71 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 14 years
Everything we know about the Patagonian mara
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass13 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 13 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length0.71 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass31 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan14 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length4.59 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity216 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation91 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 85 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter sizeabout 2COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.69 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l13 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Patagonian mara yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyCaviidae
- ›genusDolichotis
- ›speciesDolichotis patagonum
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- familyCaviidae
- genusDolichotis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderHystricomorpha
- familyCaviidae
- genusDolichotis
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