Habitat Scrub desert and grassland. Size About 18 inches high and 17.6 pounds. The young are kept in a communal burrow called a creche . As many as 15 pairs of maras may deposit their young in one creche. Although pups are well developed and can start grazing within 24 hours of birth, they remain in the creche for up to four months.
Mothers return several times a day to nurse their young.
Gestation is about 75 days. Diet Primarily short grasses and herbs. Although maras resemble rabbits, they are actually rodents.