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The capybara inhabits savannas and dense forests, and lives near bodies of water. It is a highly social species and can be found in groups as large as 100 individuals, but usually live in groups of 10–20 individuals. The capybara is hunted for its meat and hide and also for grease from its thick fatty skin. [3]
Capybaras are semiaquatic, found in and near lakes, rivers, swamps, and flooded savanna.Their diets are dominated by grasses. Adults weigh up to 65 kg (143 lb). The gestation period is 130–150 days, with two to eight (most commonly four) young born to females.
Hydrochoerus hesperotiganites is an extinct species of capybara that lived in San Diego County, California, during the Rancholabrean stage of the Pleistocene (between 130,000 and 80,000 years ago). It is currently the only known capybara of the genus Hydrochoerus found in North America. It was closely related to the modern Greater and Lesser ...
Members of the Order Rodentia range in size from the African pigmy mouse, with a 2½-inch body length and the weight of a couple of dimes, to the capybara of South America, whose body can reach 3 ...
Nearly 1,000 new species were found across the globe in 2023, adding significantly to the tree of life and illuminating how much biodiversity is waiting to be found on Earth.
A female capybara has arrived at a Florida zoo as part of a breeding program to bolster the population of the large South American rodents. ... usually found in groups of dozen or so, but ...
Binagadi asphalt lake – cluster of tar pits located 1 km southeast from Binagadi settlement, near Hirda-Girrar hillock in urban Baku, Azerbaijan.Fossils from the species of 41 species of mammals, 110 species of birds, 2 reptiles, 1 amphibian and 107 insects recovered from the pits are on display at the Baku Natural-Historical Museum.
Rhesus macaque - there were established populations in Puerto Rico up until 2010. [475] [476] There has since been an unpublicised eradication program by the Puerto Rican government, [477] [478] which may have been successful, [479] which would limit the population to research establishments. [480] Patas monkey from Africa (in Puerto Rico) [481]