. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. MARA OR PATAGONIAN CAVY. Inhabiting the most unproductive regions of a desolate country, living in holes in the barren earth and fleeing at the slightest sound, these animals are seldom seen by investigators. As a usual thing these queer, long-eared, long-legged Rodents are very peaceably disposed and friendly with others of their kind. Occasionally disputes will arise between two male Maras, however, and then they stand on their hind legs and figh
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammalia. Mammals; Animal behavior. MARA OR PATAGONIAN CAVY. Inhabiting the most unproductive regions of a desolate country, living in holes in the barren earth and fleeing at the slightest sound, these animals are seldom seen by investigators. As a usual thing these queer, long-eared, long-legged Rodents are very peaceably disposed and friendly with others of their kind. Occasionally disputes will arise between two male Maras, however, and then they stand on their hind legs and fight with their fore-paws, as depicted by the artist. {Dolichotis fatagonica.) (36i). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Pechuel-Loesche, Edward, 1840-1913; Haacke, Wilhelm, 1855-1912; Schmidtlein, Richard. Chicago : Marquis
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