---
title: "Chacoan Mara"
description: "Dolichotis salinicola — Mammifères. The Chacoan mara (Dolichotis salinicola) or Chacoan cavy is a relatively large South American rodent of the cavy family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/chacoan-mara
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chacoan Mara

> Dolichotis salinicola — Mammifères. The Chacoan mara (Dolichotis salinicola) or Chacoan cavy is a relatively large South American rodent of the cavy family.

- Scientific name: *Dolichotis salinicola*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammifères)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 223
- iNaturalist taxon: [1596248](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1596248)

## Names

- en: Chacoan Mara
- de: Kleiner Pampashase
- es: Conejo de los palos

## Countries with the most observations

AR (130), PY (58), BO (15)

## Summary

The Chacoan mara (Dolichotis salinicola) or Chacoan cavy is a relatively large South American rodent of the cavy family. They are a close relative of the better known Patagonian mara. The Chacoan mara is the sole member of the genus Dolichotis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chacoan_mara

## Photo

![Chacoan Mara](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chacoan-mara/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71627217

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chacoan-mara?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).