Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Caviidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1552-1556 : 1555

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Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766
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Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766 View in CoL

Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766 View in CoL , Syst. Nat., 12th ed., Vol. 1: 103.

Type Locality: "Habitat in Surinamo". Cabrera (1961:583) gave Perambuco, Brazil, but see Husson (1978:451) for restriction to Suriname.

Vernacular Names: Capybara.

Synonyms: Hydrochoeris capybara (Pallas 1766) ; Hydrochoeris cobaya (Buffon 1802) ; Hydrochoeris dabbeni Rovereto 1914 ; Hydrochoeris irroratus F. Ameghino 1889 ; Hydrochoeris notalis Hollister 1914 ; Hydrochoeris uruguayensis C. Ameghino and Roverto 1914 .

Distribution: E Colombia, E Venezuela, the Guyanas and Peru, south through Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina, and Uruguay.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Locally common and farmed for meat in some areas.

Discussion: Reviewed by Mones and Ojasti (1986). Karyotype has 2n=66 and FN=102 ( Wurster et al., 1971).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Caviidae

Genus

Hydrochoeris

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Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris

Linnaeus 1766: 103
1766
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