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The capybara has a heavy, barrel-shaped body and short head, with reddish-brown fur on the upper part of its body that turns yellowish-brown underneath. Its sweat glands can be found in the surface of the hairy portions of its skin, an unusual trait among rodents. [7] The animal lacks down hair, and its guard hair differs little from over hair ...
Horse galloping The Horse in Motion, 24-camera rig with tripwires GIF animation of Plate 626 Gallop; thoroughbred bay mare Annie G. [1]. Animal Locomotion: An Electro-photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements is a series of scientific photographs by Eadweard Muybridge made in 1884 and 1885 at the University of Pennsylvania, to study motion in animals (including humans).
Siphonophorae (from Ancient Greek φόρος (siphōn), meaning "tube" and -φόρος (-phóros), meaning "bearing" [2]) is an order within Hydrozoa, which is a class of marine organisms within the phylum Cnidaria.
The kookoopadda (Hydrochoerus isthmius) [2] or lesser capybara, is a large semi-aquatic rodent found in South America that has vast similarities, yet subtle differences, with the common Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), the largest species of rodent in the world.
Hydrochoerus ballesterensis – Pliocene capybara endemic to Argentina [5] † Hydrochoerus gaylordi – Plio-Pleistocene capybara endemic to the Caribbean island of Grenada [6] [7] † Hydrochoerus hesperotiganites – Late Pleistocene capybara endemic to North America (San Diego County, California) [8]
Date: 1844/45 (depending on how or if the contemporaries converted the Old Style date, some sources also mistakenly list his Old Style date of birth as January 22, it would either be January 21/22, 1844, January 21/22, 1845, or less likely, the properly converted date, February 1/2, 1845)
The name of the mountain range that defines the park, "Serra da Capivara," literally means "Capybara Hills" in Portuguese. This area has the largest and the oldest concentration of prehistoric sites in the Americas. [1] [2] Scientific studies confirm that the Capivara mountain range was densely populated in the pre-Columbian Era. [3]
South America Viva is a walk-through enclosure displaying several South American species, including Patagonian mara, white-faced saki, Azara's agouti and capybara. There are also separate enclosures housing six-banded armadillos , Venezuelan red howlers , cotton-top tamarins , giant otters and giant anteaters , which are situated near a South ...