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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.
Caviidae, the cavy family, is composed of rodents native to South America and includes the domestic guinea pig, wild cavies, and the largest living rodent, the capybara.They are found across South America in open areas from moist savanna to thorn forests or scrub desert.
Author Tracey J Morgan pens a book about the capybara's great escape from her zoo enclosure.
Heralded as the world's largest rodents, the South American rainforest natives can actually weigh as much as a full grown man.. But despite the fact that they apparently like to eat their own dung ...
There is a new exhibit at the Orlando Science Center.. It's an interactive life exhibit, where the animals that live in the rainforest, ocean and the swamp teach kids about conservation and nature.
The Life of Mammals is a nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 20 November 2002. It is a documentary on the study of the evolution and habits of the various mammal species.
The Wump World (1970) is a children's book by American writer Bill Peet that takes place on an imaginary planet. [1] [2] It is about the near destruction of the only habitat of creatures known as Wumps. These Wumps look somewhat like a cross between a capybara (sometimes called a water hog) and a moose.