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  • Or going by the scientific name, more or less Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris—

    The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010

  • Or going by the scientific name, more or less Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris—

    The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010

  • Or going by the scientific name, more or less Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris—

    The Best American Poetry 2010 Amy Gerstler 2010

  • There have been reports of black howler monkey Alouatta caraya, capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris and usutu viper Bothrops alternata.

    Iguacu National Park, Brazil 2008

  • Accounts of the Mato Grosso (upper Xingu River) expedition by the Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society from 1967-69, mention that there are 46 genera of rodents including the largest of all, the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), 52 genera of bats, 3 of marsupials and 11 of edentates.

    Mato Grosso tropical dry forests 2008

  • Some of the native mammals in the savannas are the pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus), Guazauvirá deer (Mazama gouazoubira) and capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris).

    Uruguayan savanna 2007

  • In the wet and flooded savannas, the large herbivore ecological niche is occupied by the largest existing rodent, the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), that reaches weights over 50 kilograms (kg).

    Llanos 2007

  • The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), the world's largest rodent, can be as big as a sheep and weigh as much as a small person.

    15 Agouti 1991

  • Digestion in the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris).

    Chapter 11 1991

  • (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), is available from E. Gonzalez-Jimenez and JosT Roberto de Alencar Moreira (see Research Contacts for addresses).

    Chapter 11 1991

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