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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 .
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 ).
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.
As of 2021, the American Society of Mammalogists has recognized 2,277 different species of rodents, making up 35% to 40% of all mammal species on the planet, depending on which authority you talk to.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Saimiri sciureus (common squirrel monkey) from South America (in Florida) Cricetomys gambianus (Gambian pouched rat) from Africa [261] Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (capybara) from South America (in Florida) [262] Mus musculus (house mouse) from Europe; Myocastor coypus (coypu) from South America; Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) from Asia