Chacoan mara the capybara, and guinea pigs. Chacoan maras are closely related to the other member of the genus "Dolichotis", the Patagonian mara. Maras are the fourth largest rodent in the world after the capybaras, beavers and porcupines . Though the mara may look like a rabbit, the rabbit is not actually a rodent and therefore not as closely related to the mara as one might expect. Chacoan mara The Chacoan mara, Dolichotis salinicola, is a relatively large South American rodent of the cavy family. They are a close relative of the better known Patagonian mara. The Chacoan mara lives in the
Guinea pig in the rise of caging guinea pigs and rabbits together. In the "South Park" season 12 episode "", giant guinea pigs dressed in costumes rampage over the Earth. The 2009 Walt Disney Pictures movie "G-Force" features a group of highly intelligent guinea pigs trained as operatives of the U.S. government. A video game based on the movie was also released. A guinea pig named Bugsy appears in the 2008 film "Bedtime Stories". A guinea pig named Cashew features prominently in the second season of the U.S. adaptation of "House of Cards". Guinea pigs (called "cuy", "cuye", or "curí") were originally