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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.
Dushimys larsi, an oryzomyine found at a single Middle Pleistocene site near Duivelsklip. [94] Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, the capybara, which is widespread in South America. It is known from fragmentary remains from Tafelberg Santa Barbara on southeastern Curaçao, a site that may be of considerable antiquity.
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. ... The 23-acre park located in West Palm Beach is home ...
A herd of capybaras runs wild in an upscale suburb of Argentina's capital Buenos Aires
The lesser capybara (Hydrochoerus isthmius) [2] 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.
What Is a Capybara? 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 ...
Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (99 lb). Suborder: Hystricognathi. Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines) Subfamily: Erethizontinae. Genus: Coendou. Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine, Coendou mexicanus LR/lc; Family: Dasyproctidae (agoutis and pacas) Genus: Dasyprocta. Central American agouti, Dasyprocta ...