How big does a Patagonian mara get? Here is an overview over the average adult age:
A grown Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum) reaches an average size of 66.4 cm (2′ 3″).
When born, they have an average size of 0 cm (0′ 0″). During their lifetime of about 14 years, they grow from 579 grams (1.28 lbs) to 8.03 kg (17.7 lbs). Talking about reproduction, Patagonian maras have 1 babies about 3 times per year. The Patagonian mara (genus: Dolichotis) is a member of the family Caviidae.
As a reference: Humans reach an average body size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) while carrying 62 kg (137 lbs). A human woman is pregnant for 280 days (40 weeks) and on average become 75 years old.
The Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum) is a relatively large rodent in the mara genus Dolichotis. It is also known as the Patagonian cavy, Patagonian hare, or dillaby. This herbivorous, somewhat rabbit-like animal is found in open and semiopen habitats in Argentina, including large parts of Patagonia. It is monogamous, but often breeds in warrens shared by several pairs.
Animals of the same family as a Patagonian mara
We found other animals of the Caviidae family:
- Greater guinea pig with a weight of 460 grams
- Chacoan mara with 1 babies per litter
- Montane guinea pig with 1 babies per litter
- Lesser capybara with 4 babies per litter
- Shiny guinea pig with 1 babies per litter
- Brazilian yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 450 grams
- Rock cavy with 1 babies per litter
- Brazilian guinea pig with 2 babies per litter
- Guinea pig with 3 babies per litter
- Spix’s yellow-toothed cavy with 2 babies per litter
Animals with the same size as a Patagonian mara
Not that size really matters, but it makes things comparable. So here are a couple of animals that are as big as Patagonian mara:
- Müeller’s gibbon with a size of 54.5 cm (1′ 10″)
- White-striped dorcopsis with a size of 53.8 cm (1′ 10″)
- Silvery gibbon with a size of 67.6 cm (2′ 3″)
- Mandrill with a size of 75.8 cm (2′ 6″)
- Gelada with a size of 62 cm (2′ 1″)
- Golden snub-nosed monkey with a size of 64.7 cm (2′ 2″)
- Black snub-nosed monkey with a size of 71.8 cm (2′ 5″)
- Bay cat with a size of 55 cm (1′ 10″)
- Assam macaque with a size of 60.5 cm (2′ 0″)
- Black-backed jackal with a size of 70.9 cm (2′ 4″)
Animals with the same litter size as a Patagonian mara
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Patagonian mara:
- Cuvier’s gazelle
- White-throated guenon
- Striped bush squirrel
- Walia ibex
- Dian’s tarsier
- Eastern woolly lemur
- Vicuña
- California leaf-nosed bat
- Chital
- Broom hare
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Patagonian mara
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Patagonian mara:
- Thomson’s gazelle with an average maximal age of 15.17 years
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby with an average maximal age of 14.33 years
- Southern reedbuck with an average maximal age of 16.75 years
- Saiga antelope with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Maxwell’s duiker with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Swamp wallaby with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Bobak marmot with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Seba’s short-tailed bat with an average maximal age of 12.33 years
- Cape grysbok with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Southern needle-clawed bushbaby with an average maximal age of 15 years
Animals with the same weight as a Patagonian mara
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Dolichotis patagonum:
- North American porcupine with a weight of 7.42 kilos (16.36 lbs)
- Smooth-coated otter with a weight of 8.96 kilos (19.75 lbs)
- Maxwell’s duiker with a weight of 8.56 kilos (18.87 lbs)
- North American river otter with a weight of 8.09 kilos (17.84 lbs)
- Sharpe’s grysbok with a weight of 9.37 kilos (20.66 lbs)
- Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo with a weight of 7.98 kilos (17.59 lbs)
- Mantled howler with a weight of 6.58 kilos (14.51 lbs)
- Neotropical otter with a weight of 6.55 kilos (14.44 lbs)
- Aders’s duiker with a weight of 9.25 kilos (20.39 lbs)
- Large Indian civet with a weight of 9.15 kilos (20.17 lbs)