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Despite the
Chaocan cavy's close resemblance and coexistence to the Patagonian mara, they have a broader niche to allow coexistence with its relative. This flexibility is reflected by its subfamily's high diversity, recorded as early as the late Miocene epoch.
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Madozzo-Jaén, M (2019). "Systematic and phylogeny of
Prodolichotis prisca (Caviidae, Dolichotinae) from the Northwest of Argentina (late Miocene–early Pliocene): Advances in the knowledge of the evolutionary history of maras".
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Chillo, VerĂłnica; RodrĂguez, Daniela; Ojeda, Ricardo A. (November 2010). "Niche partitioning and coexistence between two mammalian herbivores in the Dry Chaco of
Argentina".
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Rosati, V. R.; Bucher, E. H. (1 January 1992). "Seasonal diet of the
Chacoan Cavy (Pediolagus salinicola) in the western Chaco, Argentina".
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Chacoan mara eat grasses and other herbage. They will eat nearly any available vegetation. Specifically, they select
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found significant difference between the two mara species to warrant resurrecting
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Chacoan mara was a member of that genus. However, a 2020 study by the
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Chacoan maras live in small groups of up to four animals.
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family. They are a close relative of the better known
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656:Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
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400:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6786A22190451.en
315:The Chacoan mara lives in the South American
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319:, the dry thorny forests and grasslands of
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867:Southern highland yellow-toothed cavy
421:Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005).
7:
1375:IUCN Red List least concern species
386:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
25:
1405:Taxa named by Hermann Burmeister
298:American Society of Mammalogists
92:
290:was considered synonymous with
1:
883:Lowland yellow-toothed cavy
810:Santa Catarina´s guinea pig
676:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.01.003
1054:(Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
899:Spix's yellow-toothed cavy
891:Common yellow-toothed cavy
593:10.1016/j.actao.2010.09.006
519:10.1016/j.actao.2010.09.006
423:"Infraorder Hystricognathi"
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629:10.1016/j.crpv.2018.07.003
546:10.1515/mamm.1992.56.4.567
1400:Mammals described in 1876
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946:Shipton's mountain cavy
1062:(Hydrochoerus isthmius)
1018:(Pediolagus salinicola)
930:Southern mountain cavy
483:10.1093/jmammal/gyaa038
992:(Dolichotis patagonum)
932:(Microcavia australis)
567:Rodriguez, D. (2010).
429:; Reeder, D.M (eds.).
339:to sleep in at night.
257:is a relatively large
1337:Paleobiology Database
1186:Dolichotis_salinicola
1172:Dolichotis salinicola
1142:Dolichotis salinicola
948:(Microcavia shiptoni)
938:Andean mountain cavy
885:(Galea leucoblephara)
794:Brazilian guinea pig
379:Dolichotis salinicola
250:Pediolagus salinicola
235:Dolichotis salinicola
202:Pediolagus salinicola
1385:Mammals of Argentina
875:Yellow-toothed cavy
650:Quintana, C (2005).
470:Journal of Mammalogy
464:Campo, D.H. (2020).
393:: e.T6786A22190451.
1395:Mammals of Paraguay
1093:(Kerodon rupestris)
893:(Galea musteloides)
834:Montane guinea pig
818:Greater guinea pig
668:2005PPP...219..303V
621:2019CRPal..18...33M
585:2010AcO....36..611C
511:2010AcO....36..611C
375:Bernal, N. (2016).
59:Conservation status
1390:Mammals of Bolivia
1101:(Kerodon acrobata)
940:(Microcavia niata)
812:(Cavia intermedia)
184:P. salinicola
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920:(Mountain cavies)
877:(Galea flavidens)
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828:(Cavia porcellus)
802:Shiny guinea pig
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442:978-0-8018-8221-0
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406:12 November
40:Pleistocene
1369:Categories
1091:Rock cavy
1005:Pediolagus
980:Dolichotis
913:Microcavia
755:Suborder:
362:References
302:Pediolagus
293:Dolichotis
288:Pediolagus
275:Pediolagus
209:Burmeister
167:Pediolagus
18:Pediolagus
1052:Capybara
731:Kingdom:
718:Caviidae
637:134363370
321:Argentina
178:Species:
112:Kingdom:
106:Eukaryota
1303:13400215
1251:10599560
1151:Wikidata
1118:Category
767:Caviinae
751:Rodentia
745:Mammalia
739:Chordata
737:Phylum:
733:Animalia
720:(Cavies)
554:84904291
534:Mammalia
451:62265494
325:Paraguay
282:Taxonomy
227:Synonyms
156:Caviidae
152:Family:
146:Rodentia
136:Mammalia
126:Chordata
122:Phylum:
116:Animalia
102:Domain:
79:IUCN 3.1
1290:1001208
1238:1390340
1225:2437618
1212:1038701
1157:Q195350
1074:Kerodon
968:(Maras)
857:cavies)
749:Order:
743:Class:
664:Bibcode
617:Bibcode
581:Bibcode
507:Bibcode
343:Ecology
329:Bolivia
311:Habitat
264:of the
162:Genus:
142:Order:
132:Class:
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335:dig a
327:, and
262:rodent
211:, 1876
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1246:IRMNG
1199:377CY
848:Galea
777:Cavia
633:S2CID
550:S2CID
425:. In
349:forbs
333:Maras
317:Chaco
253:) or
1311:NCBI
1277:6786
1272:IUCN
1259:ITIS
1220:GBIF
447:OCLC
437:ISBN
408:2021
391:2016
266:cavy
243:The
1298:MSW
1285:MDD
1207:EoL
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