Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris · Mammal
The largest rodent in the world, 35 to 66 kg, living in groups of ten or so (up to a hundred around dry-season water) in flooded savannas, marshes and along rivers in the rainforest. It spends the heat of the day in the water and grazes at dusk and night. It is hunted and farmed for its meat, eaten in Venezuela during Lent, and for a fine leather made into gloves, belts and saddles.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- In herds, at dawn and dusk
- Size
- Medium
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Tropical Rainforest, Tropical Dry Forest, Savanna, Flooded Grassland, Swamp, Marsh, River, Lake
Gives
Sources
- Kathryn Frens, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (capybara). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2009.
- Capybara. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Capybara. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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