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The capybara is considered the world's largest rodent and lives in South America.
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This funny-looking creature is the Capybara, and this South American mammal has the distinction of being the world's largest rodent, with the larger specimens weighing over 150 lbs. Sometimes they are described as being like giant guinea pigs. They are good swimmers who often live in marshes and ponds.
I once saw some when I was on a visit to Disney World, where they had some in one of their nature habitats. I thought they looked like someone had stuck the back legs of a jack rabbit onto one of my pet guinea pigs and then fed it super-grow vitamins!
What Do Capybaras Eat?
Capybaras eat mostly grasses but will also eat some water plants and some wild vegetables. An adult capybara can eat between six and eight pounds of grass in a single day!
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Learn About The Capybara
- Welcome to the Happy Capy
- This website is devoted to the inestimable capybara, the world's largest rodent.
- The Capybara Page
- The capybara, Hydrochoerus Hydrochaeris, is a semi-aquatic rodent of South America.
- Capybara Facts - National Zoo| FONZ
- The capybara is found in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas and Peru, south through Brazil, Paraguay, northeast Argentina, and Uruguay. Semi-aquatic, they frequent dense vegetation surrounding lakes, rivers, swamps, marshes, and ponds.
- Capybara Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
- The capybara, Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris, is the biggest rodent in the world. This semi-aquatic rodent lives in swamps, in marshes, and also in forests (near ponds, lakes and rivers). It is found in Central and South America.
- Capybara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The capybara (also capibara) (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a semi-aquatic herbivorous animal, the largest of living rodents. It is endemic to most of the tropical and temperate parts of South America east of the Andes, and has been introduced to north-central Florida and possibly other subtropical regions in the United States. It is the only living member of the family Hydrochoeridae.
- Capybaras
- The word capybara means "master of the grass".
- Capybara Skull
- The capybara is the worlds largest rodent weighing up to 80kg (176 lbs.) This semi-aquatic species is native to South America where it occupies a variety of densely vegetated habitats.
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Capybaras (Animals of the Rain Forest)
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What on Earth Is a Capybara?
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