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The capybara [a] or greater capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the largest living rodent, [2] native to South America. It is a member of the genus Hydrochoerus . The only other extant member is the lesser capybara ( Hydrochoerus isthmius ).
Ohio has 19 native species of rodents, plus three introduced species from Europe — the house mouse, brown (or Norway) rat and the black rat. From tiny mice to giant capybara, rodents play a role ...
The genus Hydrochoerus contains two living and three extinct species of rodents from South America, the Caribbean island of Grenada, California and Panama. [1] Capybaras are the largest living rodents in the world. The genus name is derived from the Greek ὕδωρ (hýdor) ' water ' plus χοίρος (choíros) ' pig '.
Capybaras are semi-aquatic mammals. So they spend their days in the water and on land. In the wild, they can be found roaming the grasses around swamps, marshes, ponds, lakes, and rivers.
The dental formula is similar to that of various other rodents: 1.0.1.3 1.0.1.3. Females give birth to two or three furred and active young after a gestation period of 50 to 90 days in most species, or 150 days in the capybara. In most species, they are sexually mature within a few months of birth, although in capybaras, maturity is not reached ...
The scientific name of the capybara, Hydrochoerus, may mean “water pig” but they are actually rodents—the largest rodent in the world. A close look at their face reveals its resemblance to ...
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. [3] Lesser Capybara
Paleontological classifications have yet to incorporate this new taxonomy, and continue to use Hydrochoeridae for all capybaras, while using Hydrochoerinae for the living genus and its closest fossil relatives such as Neochoerus. [4] [5] The taxonomy of fossil hydrochoerines is also in a state of flux. In recent years, the diversity of fossil ...