It is hard to guess what a Patagonian mara weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum) on average weights 8.03 kg (17.7 lbs).
The Patagonian mara is from the family Caviidae (genus: Dolichotis). It is usually born with about 579 grams (1.28 lbs). They can live for up to 14 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 66.4 cm (2′ 3″). On average, Patagonian maras can have babies 3 times per year with a litter size of 1.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
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:
- Shipton’s mountain cavy with a weight of 185 grams
- Brazilian yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 450 grams
- Capybara bringing 48.14 kilos (106.13 lbs) to the scale
- Common yellow-toothed cavy with a weight of 387 grams
- Greater guinea pig with a weight of 460 grams
- Southern mountain cavy with a weight of 261 grams
- Brazilian guinea pig with a weight of 524 grams
- Andean mountain cavy with a weight of 255 grams
- Lesser capybara bringing 21.27 kilos (46.89 lbs) to the scale
- Rock cavy with a weight of 800 grams
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:
- Hoolock gibbon with a weight of 6.7 kilos (14.77 lbs)
- Northern nail-tail wallaby with a weight of 6.5 kilos (14.33 lbs)
- Pygmy hog with a weight of 7.92 kilos (17.46 lbs)
- Geoffroy’s spider monkey with a weight of 7.6 kilos (16.76 lbs)
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon with a weight of 7.32 kilos (16.14 lbs)
- Malayan civet with a weight of 7.35 kilos (16.2 lbs)
- François’ langur with a weight of 8.16 kilos (17.99 lbs)
- Black-headed spider monkey with a weight of 9.07 kilos (20 lbs)
- Zanzibar red colobus with a weight of 7.16 kilos (15.79 lbs)
- Silvery lutung with a weight of 7.15 kilos (15.76 lbs)
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:
- North American river otter with a size of 68.5 cm (2′ 3″)
- Barbary macaque with a size of 54.9 cm (1′ 10″)
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur with a size of 54.7 cm (1′ 10″)
- Sunda pangolin with a size of 59 cm (2′ 0″)
- Sechuran fox with a size of 56.2 cm (1′ 11″)
- Canada lynx with a size of 70.4 cm (2′ 4″)
- Mantled howler with a size of 57.7 cm (1′ 11″)
- European badger with a size of 70.7 cm (2′ 4″)
- Andean mountain cat with a size of 60.2 cm (2′ 0″)
- Capped langur with a size of 57.5 cm (1′ 11″)
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:
- Goldman’s woodrat
- Nabarlek
- Pig-tailed langur
- Moose
- Water buffalo
- Maxwell’s duiker
- Red-necked pademelon
- Mantled howler
- Bush vlei rat
- Grant’s gazelle
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Patagonian mara
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Patagonian mara:
- Greater bamboo lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Red forest duiker with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Long-footed treeshrew with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Bobak marmot with an average maximal age of 15 years
- Weasel sportive lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Northern bat with an average maximal age of 15.5 years
- Guinea pig with an average maximal age of 14.75 years
- Tammar wallaby with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Calabar angwantibo with an average maximal age of 13 years
- Desmarest’s hutia with an average maximal age of 11.33 years