Have You Ever Seen A Patagonia Mara? | A Land Unknown

Valdez Peninsula, a wedge of Patagonia that juts out into Argentina's Atlantic seaboard is probably the richest area for wildlife in South America outside the tropics, particularly the marine life of sea lions, fur seals and elephant seals. Inside the Peninsula is an arid scrubland, part of the windswept Patagonian Plain that covers most of southern Argentina. It is home to large colonies of up to 100 Patagonian hares or maras which, rare for mammals, pair for life. Watch these baby ones here...
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[@RobbyTheTurtle]

I’ve held a full grown Patagonian Mara before. Not something I thought I’d ever experience in my life honestly but one of my favorite moments in my life. They aren’t exactly soft but also the one I held was pretty tame/calm & collected. It was like holding a cat pretty much if anything, lol.

[@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258]

Cool experience 😎

[@Akanapocalypse]

Looks like a rabbit and capybara made a baby 🤔

[@tracy7880]

It looks like a rabbit x deer ... The babies are so adorable💖

[@teawrecks1243]

These guys look like some kind of evolutionary transitional form, like the Eohippus of a hypothetical future clade of rodent-horses 😂

[@xenoidaltu601]

Convergent Evolution is a lot more common than people think.
South America had Meridiungulatans. They were a sister taxon to modern ungulates. They evolved animals that resembled elephants, giant tapirs, rhinos, horses, hares, and chalicotheres to name a few.

[@RomulusTheWild6693]

I've never seen a mara in real life but when i was a child and read my collection of zoo life books i loved reading about the mara along with the other south american wild life

[@redlander55]

I saw a couple today at the zoo. Alien rabbits. I was surprized!

[@aaronromano261]

Probably the San Diego Zoo.

[@redlander55]

@@aaronromano261 Monaco, actually :)

[@aaronromano261]

@@redlander55 Oh wow! Didn't think these things were so well-travelled! Three (or more) continents!

[@superdragon3060]

they make good pets and can be owned they cost 1800$

[@marlee7763]

I was trying to research the meaning of my name and there are a lot, from "bitter" to "cheerful" to "sea" to "goddess of death" to "demon" to "penis"... and now an animal counterpart... looks like mara means a combination of this and that.. just like how these animals look like rabbit x dear.. 🐇🐐

[@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258]

Similarities to Jackrabbits

[@cristiangomezmontt6248]

SMT fans: "Hey, I've seen this one! It's a classic!"

[@alanwelsh2002]

It's like a deer-rodent.

[@ThaGreatest89]

Cat Of Autumn like ur mom

[@alanwelsh2002]

@@ThaGreatest89 Wow, u are funny :)

[@ThaGreatest89]

Cat Of Autumn I try 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@gorgeousfreeman4836]

@@ThaGreatest89 the 2000s called they want their jokes back.

[@abc.animal5143]

If somebody gave a Guinea Pig the legs of a Deer or Jackrabbit, this would be the result.

[@catring_]

*psssstt*
the title says land _unkown_

[@gorgeousfreeman4836]

And. It means it's not been studied often.

[@vincentveryvile5051]

A chihuahua bunny

[@TheAyeAye1]

These have replaced the manatee as my favorite critter.

[@scoon2117]

Capybara deer

[@SantiagoOXfir]

It’s a rabbit

[@ethanvaughn6295]

You ugly

[@NormanF62]

A rodent that looks like a small deer? Convergent evolution will do that on an island continent whose animals.with few exceptions are found nowhere else. South America is still a lot like Australia, thanks to the Andes.

[@gerryhouska2859]

Taste like chicken?