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Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766) South America: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Lesser capybara Hydrochoerus isthmius Goldman, 1912: eastern Panama, northwestern Colombia, and western Venezuela. Size: Habitat: Diet: DD
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.
Capybaras are not considered a threatened species; [1] their population is stable throughout most of their South American range, though in some areas hunting has reduced their numbers. [14] [19] Capybaras are hunted for their meat and pelts in some areas, [40] and otherwise killed by humans who see their grazing as competition for livestock. In ...
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 ...
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 ...
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Venezuela. Of the mammal species in Venezuela , one is critically endangered, six are endangered, nineteen are vulnerable, and four are near threatened.
In fact, capybaras are so good at making friends that entire Tumblrs exist solely to document their strong social game. Here they are, chillin' with an anteater. Image: Tumblr.