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(Solved) What is this definitely not capybara? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Fosheze to c/whatisthisthing

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A friend of mine just sent me this picture and said someone they knew just got a capybara. I informed them that that definitely isn't a capybara. Now neither of us know what it is. It kinda looks like it's in the uncanny valley of the rabbit species. Is it just a fucked up looking rabbit?

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Patagonian Mara

[–] Fosheze 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Yep. That looks like it. Also called a Cavy Mara so it just looks like a bad game of telephone happened with the name.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 16 points 5 months ago

And the thing itself looks like a game of telephone between a rabbit and a deer. Cute though. I wonder what they're like as pets. Wikipedia says "near threatened."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Sometimes I forget that wild Cavies are real.