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Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Capybaras are the world’s largest living rodents and are powerful swimmers.
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Specimen notes
Where it lives and what it eats
- Habitat
- Wetlands, riverbanks, marshes, and flooded grasslands
- Diet
- Grasses and aquatic plants
- Geographic range
- Much of South America east of the Andes
- Scientific name
- Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
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