CAPYBARA

kăpĭbârˈə, mammal of Central and much of South America. It is the largest living member of the order Rodentia (the rodents) reaching a length of 4 ft (120 cm) and a weight of 75 to 100 lb (34–45 kg). Its brownish hair flecked with yellow is coarse and scanty, and its tail rudimentary. The feet are partially webbed, and there are four thick-nailed toes on the front feet and three on the hind feet. The capybara is an expert swimmer and diver. It eats vegetation and sometimes damages crops. It is hunted for food, its hide is made into gloves, and its bristles are used in brushes. It is also called water hog and carpincho. Capybaras are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Hydrochoeridae.

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books on: Capybara  - 80 results

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The Great Naturalists Explore South America
Book by Paul Russell Cutright; The Macmillan Company, 1940
Subjects: Naturalists, Zoology--South America
...134 CAPYBARA 135...manatees, piranhas, howler monkeys, turtles, capybaras, and many other forms were the first...guanaco, puma, armadillo, viscacha, capybara, condor, and many other less familiar...
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Floods of Fortune: Ecology and Economy along the Amazon
Book by Michael Goulding, Nigel J. H. Smith, Dennis J. Mahar; Columbia University Press, 1996
Subjects: Amazon River Valley--Environmental Conditions, Ecosystem Management--Amazon River Valley, Endangered Ecosystems--Amazon River Valley, Floodplain Ecology--Amazon River Valley, Nature--Effect Of Human Beings On--Amazon River Valley
...hunting grounds. On the floodplain flanking the rugged Serra, capybara, numerous turtles, and ubiquitous iguana surely provided the...the plentiful supplies of fish, along with turtle, manatee, capybara, and several species of ducks, heavy reliance on starchy root...
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People in Nature: Wildlife Conservation in South and Central America
Book by Kirsten M. Silvius, Richard E. Bodmer, Jose M. V. Fragoso; Columbia University Press, 2004
Subjects: Wildlife Management--Central America, Wildlife Management--South America
...breeding of two native species, the collared peccary and capybara, economically viable and culhually ac- ceptable in Brazil...Leeuwenberg that during a past time of low-game availability, capybara, boas, and foxes were also eaten, although they are not used...
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Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology
Book by Tim Caro; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Animal Behavior, Animal Ecology, Conservation Biology
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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea; The Mysterious Island: Dropped from the Clouds
Book by Charles F. Horne, Jules Verne; Vincent Parke, 1911
Subjects: Fiction
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The Big Attraction: the Circus Elephant and American Culture
Journal article by Jennifer L. Mosier; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 22, 1999
Subjects: Circuses, Culture, Elephants, History, Symbolism, United States
...Lack of a face by these standards-or a face as human beings readily perceive of one-is not exclusive to the elephant. The capybara doesnt really have a face; neither does the anteater. Fish have lips but not faces. These and other animals heads are interesting...


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Evolutionary Roads to Rodents
Magazine article by Chris Hardman; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 54, July 2002
Subjects: Evolution--Research, Rodents--South America, South America--Natural history
...worlds largest rodent, the 140-pound capybara. They climb through the trees in search...than two hundred species, such as the capybara, agouti, paca, porcupine, and spiny rat...Caviomorph rodents can be very social. The capybara lives in family groups of two to six...
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Close Encounters in Chubut
Magazine article by P. Dee Boersma, Pablo Yorio, Patricia Gandini, Esteban Frere; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 47, May-June 1995
Subjects: Patagonia--Environmental aspects, Penguins--Environmental aspects
...rainfall -- where wind swirls in dust devils. Thousands of years of grazing -- by rheas, guanacos, maras (a relative of the capybara), and now, sheep-have created a landscape of prickly, spiny, that is, well-protected, plants. But wildlife thrives there. And...
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Microlivestock: Small Animals with Big Futures
Magazine article; The Futurist, Vol. 26, May-June 1992
Subjects: Food supply--Innovations, Livestock industry--Product development, Livestock--Innovations
...clean-living species of South American fields and woodlands-agouti, capybara, hutia, mara, coypu, paca, and vizcacha. Two remarkable domestication...produce under conditions where conventional species die. The capybara, for instance, is at home in the Latin American lowlands, where...
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Branded for a Balanced Biosphere
Magazine article by Parisina Malatesta, Jorge Provenza; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 43, September 1991
Subjects: Branger, Antonio--Environmental policy, Ranches--Environmental aspects, Travel industry--Environmental aspects, Venezuela--Agriculture, Wildlife refuges--Venezuela
...Sometimes more than 200 have been counted per hectare. The capybara (hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) have also been saved from extinction...the species, he permits strictly controlled hunting of the capybara. The entire Hato is a great observation site for birds, whose...
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Amazing Amazon Animals
Magazine article by Alison Duffy; World and I, Vol. 21, October 2006
...eight feet in length. They prey on other mammals such as the capybara, monkey, sloth, and deer, hunting at night and usually alone...violence among humans, but usually hunt only smaller mammals. The capybara is one of the smaller mammals of the jungle, but is also the...
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Volunteers
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 26, 2005
...FONZ) is recruiting volunteers to serve as interpreters at the zoos Elephant House - home to Asian elephants, giraffes and a capybara - and Invertebrate Exhibit, which houses about 100 exotic invertebrate species. For more information, call FONZ at 202/673...
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Volunteers
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 12, 2005
...FONZ) is recruiting volunteers to serve as interpreters at the zoos Elephant House - home to Asian elephants, giraffes and a capybara - and Invertebrate Exhibit, which houses about 100 exotic invertebrate species. For more information, call FONZ at 202/673...
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Volunteers
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 19, 2005
...FONZ) is recruiting volunteers to serve as interpreters at the zoos Elephant House - home to Asian elephants, giraffes and a capybara - and Invertebrate Exhibit, which houses about 100 exotic invertebrate species. For more information, call FONZ at 202/673...
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Volunteers
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 14, 2005
...FONZ) is recruiting volunteers to serve as interpreters at the zoos Elephant House - home to Asian elephants, giraffes and a capybara - and Invertebrate Exhibit, which houses about 100 exotic invertebrate species. For more information, call FONZ at 202/673...
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Volunteers
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 2, 2005
...FONZ) is recruiting volunteers to serve as interpreters at the zoos Elephant House - home to Asian elephants, giraffes and a capybara - and Invertebrate Exhibit, which houses about 100 exotic invertebrate species. For more information, call FONZ at 202/673...
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encyclopedia articles on: Capybara  - 7 results

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Capybara
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CAPYBARA kapibar , mammal of Central and much of South America...toes on the front feet and three on the hind feet. The capybara is an expert swimmer and diver. It eats vegetation and...in brushes. It is also called water hog and carpincho. Capybaras are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata...
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Water Hog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WATER HOG see capybara . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Carpincho
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CARPINCHO karpin cho: see capybara . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Rodent
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...majority are under a few inches in length; the largest, the capybara , is about 4 ft (120 cm) long and 20 in. (50 cm) high at the...Hystricomorpha, or porcupinelike rodents, include the porcupine , capybara, nutria (or coypu), agouti , cavy (including the domestic...
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Beaver
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...is not a true beaver, but a nonaquatic rodent of a different family. The beaver is the largest living rodent except the capybara , and is distinguished by its extremely broad, horizontally flattened tail. Beavers are 3 to 4 ft (91 120 cm) long, including...
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