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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Caviidae
--> SUBFAMILY Dolichotinae
--> GENUS Dolichotis
SPECIES Dolichotis salinicola
Author: | Burmeister, 1875. | Actual Date: | 1876 | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1875: 634. | Common Name: | Chacoan Mara | Type Locality: | Argentina, SW Catamarca Prov., between Totoralejos and Recreo. | Distribution: | Chaco of Paraguay; NW Argentina as far south as Cordoba Prov.; extreme S Bolivia. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Formerly included in Pediolagus (Starrett, 1967:263); also see comments under Dolichotis. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
ballivianensis Krumbiegel, 1941 centralis Weyenbergh, 1877 cyniclus (Cabrera, 1953)
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