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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Rodentia • Familia: Caviidae • Subfamilia: Hydrochoerinae • Genus: Hydrochoeris • Species: Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766)

Vernacular names

English: Capybara · Avañe'ẽ: Kapi'yva · Deutsch: Capybara, Wasserschwein · Español: Capibara, carpincho, ronsoco, chiguiro, chigüiro, chigüire · Français: Capybara · Nederlands: Capibara, Waterzwijn · 日本語: カピバラ ·

Synonyms

Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Mammal Species of the World Link: Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris

ITIS link: Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766)

IUCN link: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766) (Least Concern)

[edit] Images

Capybara in Brazil
Capybara in Bolivia, Pampa, 2003
Capybara in Bolivia, Pampa, early in the morning, 2003
Capybara resting
Capybara (The National Zoo - Washington, 2006)
Capybara (The Prague Zoological Garden, 2006)
Capybara (The Prague Zoological Garden, 2006)
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris). Photographed at Kolmården zoo, Sweden, 2005
Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison, Wisconsin, 2004
Capybara, 2004
Capybara
Argentina, 2002
Horto Florestas em São Paulo, Brazil
Мокра капівара не березі річці в Бразіліі.
Burgers Zoo
Rio Grande Zoo in Albuquerque, NM
A Capaya is devoured by a green anaconda
Howletts Wild Animal Park
A Capybara at Nagasaki Bio Park, Japan