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Capybaras are highly trainable animals. In Surinam, there has been known a case of a blind man, using this animal as a guide.

They can have a lifespan of 8–10 years, [31] but tend to live less than four years in the wild due to predation from big cats like the jaguars and pumas and non-mammalian predators like eagles and the caimans. [19] The capybara is also the preferred prey of the green anaconda. [32] Social organization Capybaras have a scent gland on their noses. Forero-Montaña, Jimena; Betancur, Julio; Cavelier, Jaime (June 2003). "Dieta del capibara Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris (Rodentia: Hydrochaeridae) en Caño Limón, Arauca, Colombia"[Distribution and abundance of Caiman crocodilus in the Caño Negro National Wild Life Refuge, Costa Rica]. Revista de Biología Tropical (in Spanish). 51 (2): 571–578. PMID 15162749. Paleontological classifications previously used Hydrochoeridae for all capybaras, while using Hydrochoerinae for the living genus and its closest fossil relatives, such as Neochoerus, [9] [10] but more recently have adopted the classification of Hydrochoerinae within Caviidae. [11] The taxonomy of fossil hydrochoerines is also in a state of flux. In recent years, the diversity of fossil hydrochoerines has been substantially reduced. [9] [10] This is largely due to the recognition that capybara molar teeth show strong variation in shape over the life of an individual. [9] In one instance, material once referred to four genera and seven species on the basis of differences in molar shape is now thought to represent differently aged individuals of a single species, Cardiatherium paranense. [9] Capybara, the master of the grasses: pest or prey Sounds and Colours. Retrieved on January 23, 2011.

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Its common name is derived from Tupi ka'apiûara code: tpw is deprecated , a complex agglutination of kaá code: tpw is deprecated (leaf) + píi code: tpw is deprecated (slender) + ú code: tpw is deprecated (eat) + ara code: tpw is deprecated (a suffix for agent nouns), meaning "one who eats slender leaves", or "grass-eater". [4] The scientific name, both hydrochoerus and hydrochaeris, comes from Greek ὕδωρ ( hydor "water") and χοῖρος ( choiros "pig, hog"). [5] [6] Classification and phylogeny Like its relative the guinea pig, the capybara does not have the capacity to synthesize vitamin C, and capybaras not supplemented with vitamin C in captivity have been reported to develop gum disease as a sign of scurvy. [30]

The word 'capybara' means “one who eats slender leaves” in the Tupi language, which is spoken in Brazil. Capybaras are known to be gregarious. While they sometimes live solitarily, they are more commonly found in groups of around 10–20 individuals, with two to four adult males, four to seven adult females, and the remainder juveniles. [33] Capybara groups can consist of as many as 50 or 100 individuals during the dry season [29] [34] when the animals gather around available water sources. Males establish social bonds, dominance, or general group consensus. [34] They can make dog-like barks [29] when threatened or when females are herding young. [35]

Alho, Cleber J.R.; Rondon, Nelson L. (1987). "Habitats, population densities, and social structure of capybaras ( Hydrochaeris Hydrochaeris, Rodentia) in the Pantanal, Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 4 (2): 139–149. doi: 10.1590/s0101-81751987000200006. a b Reid, F. (2016). " Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10300A22190005. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10300A22190005.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021. Capybaras are semiaquatic mammals [15] found throughout all countries of South America except Chile. [19] They live in densely forested areas near bodies of water, such as lakes, rivers, swamps, ponds, and marshes, [14] as well as flooded savannah and along rivers in the tropical rainforest. They are superb swimmers and can hold their breath underwater for up to five minutes at a time. Capybara have flourished in cattle ranches. [7] They roam in home ranges averaging 10 hectares (25 acres) in high-density populations. [7]

Baskin, Jon; Gervais, P. Darrow; Gervais, Camille J. (2020). "A Late Pleistocene capybara (Rodentia, Caviidae, Hydrochoerinae) from near Houston, Texas, USA, with a brief review of North American fossil capybaras". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 167: 57. doi: 10.1635/053.167.0105. S2CID 216241471. Along with the seasons, the presence of predators affects what time of day capybaras are active—which may be day or night, and is often at dawn and dusk. Unusual diet After several attempts a 1784 Papal bull was obtained that allowed the consumption of capybara during Lent. [44] [45] There is widespread perception in Venezuela that consumption of capybaras is exclusive to rural people. [46] Capybaras don’t mind being alone, but they also live in groups of up to 40. Their breeding season varies throughout the year depending on what habitat they live in and the availability of mates. Females usually have one litter of four to five young per year.Basile, Roberta Carvalho; Yoshinari, Natalino Hajime; Mantovani, Elenice; Bonoldi, Virgínia Nazário; Macoris, Delphim da Graça; Queiroz-Neto, Antonio de (4 October 2016). "Brazilian borreliosis with special emphasis on humans and horses". Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 48 (1): 167–172. doi: 10.1016/j.bjm.2016.09.005. PMC 5220628. PMID 27769883. Like other rodents, capybaras’ teeth grow continuously, and they wear them down by grazing on aquatic plants, grasses, and other plentiful plants.

Young capybaras are not accomplished, swimmers. Hence, they tend to spend their time on land, usually sheltering under brush.Perez, Larry (2012). Snake in the Grass: an Everglades Invasion (1sted.). Sarasota, Fla.: Pineapple Press. p.89. ISBN 9781561645138. Murphey, Robert M.; Mariano, Jorge S.; Moura Duarte, Francisco A. (May 1985). "Behavioral observations in a capybara colony ( Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)". Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 14 (1): 89–98. doi: 10.1016/0168-1591(85)90040-1. a b c d e f g h i j k l m Mones, Alvaro; Ojasti, Juhani (16 June 1986). "Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris". Mammalian Species (264): 1–7. doi: 10.2307/3503784. JSTOR 3503784. S2CID 250991487.