Patagonian Mara
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Caviidae
Weight: 12-16 kg
Height: 50 cm
Body length: 70 cm
Color: The upper part of the body is grayish, while the lower part is whitish.
Age of sexual maturity: 6 months for males and 2.5 months for females
Gestation period: approximately 77 days
Lifespan: up to 14 years
Habitat: The Patagonian mara inhabits the vast expanses of the Argentine pampas in South America.
Diet: Consists exclusively of plant foods such as grasses and roots of various plants.
Did you know?
- When young maras live in a burrow, their parents regularly visit to feed them.
- The Patagonian mara is the fourth largest rodent in the world, after two species of capybaras, beavers, and the largest species of porcupines.
- Maras can move in various ways. Their front legs are shorter than their hind legs. They are known to hop on all four legs in a movement called “stotting.”
- When threatened, Patagonian maras can perform long jumps, reaching heights of up to 2 meters in the air.
- Patagonian maras are extremely gentle animals that can be kept as pets. Moreover, there have been cases where domestic maras have been trained to walk on a leash and use a litter box.
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