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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]
Hydrochoerus. 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'.
Xeromys myoides - false water rat. Genus Zelotomys. Zelotomys hildegardeae - Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse. Zelotomys woosnami - Woosnam's broad-headed mouse. Genus Zyzomys. Zyzomys argurus - common rock rat. Zyzomys maini - Arnhem Land rock rat. Zyzomys palatilis - Carpentarian rock rat.
Updated January 12, 2017 at 6:45 AM. These delightful creatures are called capybaras. Heralded as the world's largest rodents, the South American rainforest natives can actually weigh as much as a ...
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. This family of rodents has fewer members than most other rodent families ...
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. Capybaras and porcupines are the only caviomorph rodents ...
Sciuromorpha. Combined range of all rodent species (not including introduced populations) Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (/ roʊˈdɛnʃə / roh-DEN-shə), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are ...
The lesser capybara was described as a species in 1912, but was later re-categorized as a subspecies of the capybara (H. hydrochaeris).Following studies of anatomy and genetics in the mid-1980s, it was recommended that it again should be recognized as a separate species, [4] and this gained more widespread recognition in 1991, [5] although some continue to consider it a subspecies.