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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Caviidae
--> SUBFAMILY Hydrochoerinae
--> GENUS Hydrochoeris
SPECIES Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1766. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1: 103. | | Common Name: | Capybara | | Type Locality: | "Habitat in Surinamo". Cabrera (1961:583) gave Perambuco, Brazil, but see Husson (1978:451) for restriction to Suriname. | | Distribution: | E Colombia, E Venezuela, the Guyanas and Peru, south through Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina, and Uruguay. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common and farmed for meat in some areas. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Mones and Ojasti (1986). Karyotype has 2n=66 and FN=102 (Wurster et al., 1971). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
capybara (Pallas, 1766)
cobaya (Buffon, 1802)
dabbeni Rovereto, 1914
irroratus F. Ameghino, 1889
notalis Hollister, 1914
uruguayensis C. Ameghino and Roverto, 1914
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