Chacoan mara
| Chacoan mara Temporal range: Pleistocene–recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Genus: | Pediolagus Marelli, 1927 |
| Species: | P. salinicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Pediolagus salinicola Burmeister, 1876 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dolichotis salinicola | |
The Chacoan mara (Pediolagus 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 Pediolagus.