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Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris


Classis : Mammalia 
Ordo : Rodentia 
Familia : Caviidae 
Genus : Hydrochoerus 
Species : Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris 
(Linnaeus, 1766)
   
Conservationis status
Synonyma
Sus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Graece ὕδωρ 'aqua' + χοῖρος 'sus'[2]) est species rodentium immanium familiae Caviidarum, quae in America Australi endemica sunt. Quod animal est maximum orbis terrarum rodens.[3] Sola alia generis Hydrochoeri species exstans est Hydrochoerus isthmius. Inter artas eiusdem familiae cognatas sunt Cavia porcellus et Kerodon rupestris. Genera Dasyprocta (familiae Dasyproctidarum), Chinchilla (familiae Chinchillidarum), et Myocastor (familiae Echimyidarum) plus distant.

Mater et tres pulli.

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris savannas silvasque densas habitat, et prope corpora aquae manere solet. Species est satis socialis, et in gregibus animalium a decem a viginti plerumque videtur, aliquando usque ad centum. In periculum non addicitur, sed venatores eius carnem et pellem atque adipem ex eius cute petunt.[4]

  1. IUCN
  2. Darwin, Charles R. (1839). Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832–1836.. Londinii: Henry Colburn. p. 619 .
  3. Basic Biology (2015). "Rodents" .
  4. Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Formula:Webarchive. ARKive.org.

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