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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 ).
International Animal Rescue (IAR) is a British wildlife protection and conservation non-profit organization. [1] IAR aims to protect and mitigate the threats to wildlife and habitats. The IAR performs hands-on rescue when necessary to reduce the suffering of animals, and such animals will be rehabilitated and returned to the wild if possible.
Desmarest's hutia (Capromys pilorides), a member of a rodent family known only from the Caribbean.. The Caribbean region is home to a diverse and largely endemic rodent fauna. . This includes the endemic family Capromyidae (hutias), which are largely limited to the Greater Antilles, and two other groups of endemic hystricognaths, the heteropsomyines and giant hutias, including the extinct bear ...
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A baby capybara who went viral last week by dancing to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" has been given a new name by her adoring public, a Miami zoo announced on Monday.
Neochoerus pinckneyi, commonly called Pinckney's capybara, was a North American species of capybara. While capybaras originated in South America , formation of the Isthmus of Panama three million years ago allowed some of them to migrate north as part of the Great American Interchange .
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. Iyari, a 10-month-old capybara, went to the Palm Beach ...
Despite over four hours of intensive rescue efforts, Le Shen could not be revived and was pronounced dead at 8:40 p.m. [9] [25] Le Shen was born on May 27, 1999, at Hongshan Forest Zoo. Abandoned by his parents, he became the first orangutan in Eastern China to be hand-reared by humans. His name was chosen by the citizens of Nanjing.