Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766)

Voss, Robert S., Fleck, David W. & Jansa, Sharon A., 2019, Mammalian Diversity And Matses Ethnomammalogy In Amazonian Peru Part 5. Rodents, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2024 (466), pp. 1-180 : 91

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5414895

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766)
status

 

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766) View in CoL

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VOUCHER MATERIAL (N = 5): Boca Río Yaquerana (FMNH 88900), Nuevo San Juan (AMNH 268264, MUSM 11226–11228 [not seen]).

UNVOUCHERED OBSERVATIONS: Jenaro Herrera ( Ríos et al., 1974; Tovar, 2011), Río Yavarí ( Salovaara et al., 2003), Río Yavarí-Mirím ( Salovaara et al., 2003), San Pedro ( Valqui, 1999, 2001).

IDENTIFICATION: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris is the only currently recognized capybara spe-

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Caviidae

Genus

Hydrochoerus

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