Dolichotis minuscula Ameghino 1908 (mara)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Belongs to Dolichotis according to C. Rovereto 1914

See also Quintana 1997

Sister taxa: Dolichotis andina, Dolichotis intermedia, Dolichotis patagonum, Dolichotis platycephala, Dolichotis salinicola

Type specimen: MACN 10617, a skull. Its type locality is Atlantic cliffs between Mar del Plata and Miramar, which is in a Chapadmalalan terrestrial horizon in the Pampean Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Atlantic cliffs between Mar del Plata and Miramar

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