Capybara
Sign in to saveThe capybara or greater capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the largest living rodent, native to all countries in South America except Chile. It is a semiaquatic herbivore that inhabits savannas and dense forests, living near and in bodies of water and feeding mainly on grasses and aquatic plants.
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The capybara is the world's largest living rodent, native to South America where it lives in and around bodies of water in savannas and forests. As a semiaquatic herbivore that eats grasses and aquatic plants, it plays a role in South American ecosystems as a large plant-eating mammal adapted to wetland environments.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hydrochoerus
- Mass
- +48.9
- Image
- Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrachaeris) female and young suckling ... (48427191032).jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P9714
- Manicoré
- P9566
- crepuscular
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- Etymology
- Classification and phylogeny
- Description
- Ecology
- Diet and predation
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- Conservation and human interaction
- In popular culture
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The capybara or greater capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is the largest living rodent, native to all countries in South America except Chile. It is a semiaquatic herbivore that inhabits savannas and dense forests, living near and in bodies of water and feeding mainly on grasses and aquatic plants.
Together with the lesser capybara, it constitutes the genus Hydrochoerus. Its other close relatives include guinea pigs and rock cavies, and it is more distantly related to the agouti, the chinchilla, and the nutria.