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Greater Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Carpincho
Capivara
Family: Caviidae
Order: Rodentia
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status: Least Concern

Other common names: Capibara.

Subspecies:


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 665197
♂ ♀ Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/27/2025
Santiago Baldin
Foto
Photography ID: 616583
♂  Adult
Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/29/2024
Javier Beruhard
Foto
Photography ID: 602223
♂ ♀ Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/29/2024
Javier Beruhard
Foto
Photography ID: 568233
  Adult
Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/25/2024
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 567604
  Adult
Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/25/2024
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 523952
 Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/05/2023
Lucas De Ciria
Foto
Photography ID: 441511
♂ ♀ Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/11/2021
Javier Beruhard
Foto
Photography ID: 378979
 Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/01/2020
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 368629
♂  Adult
Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/15/2019
Román Montero
Foto
Photography ID: 247456
 Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/12/2018
Diego Carus
Foto
Photography ID: 179790
  Adult
Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/20/2016
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 79820
 Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/29/2015
Hernán Tolosa



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Video ID: 3128
♂ ♀ Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/07/2018
Santos Di Mauro



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 Detail of places sorted by number of records







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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240702627/12/202508:00ArgentinaBuenos AiresParaje El Cambalache, Las Flores7Santiago Baldin
222728829/12/2024ArgentinaBuenos Aires"Las Flores--Parque Plaza Montero, Las FloresJavier Beruhard
215964729/09/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresLas FloresJavier Beruhard
212406625/07/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresLas Flores1Diego Varales
196306525/01/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Plaza Montero, Las FloresElsa Longo
195939025/01/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresLas FloresGuillermo Marcaida
171910505/02/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresLas FloresLucas De Ciria
168061023/10/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresLas FloresHernán Tolosa
139485811/04/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Plaza Montero, Las FloresJavier Beruhard
132127522/11/2020ArgentinaBuenos Aires"Las Flores--Parque Plaza Montero, Las FloresMauricio Roberto Saavedra
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Greater Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 16/03/2026.