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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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Records from Unidad de Conservación Cambyretá

Conservation status: Least Concern

Other common names: Capibara.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 107113
  Immature
Ituzaingó
Corrientes
Argentina
07/22/2015
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 72371
  Adult
Ituzaingó
Corrientes
Argentina
11/30/2014
Héctor Schreiber
Foto
Photography ID: 30526
  Adult
Ituzaingó
Corrientes
Argentina
11/25/2013
Héctor Schreiber



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
37262807/12/2015ArgentinaCorrientesUnidad de Conservación Cambyretá, ItuzaingóJorge La Grotteria
30785022/07/2015ArgentinaCorrientesUnidad de Conservación Cambyretá, ItuzaingóHernán Tolosa
20979930/11/2014ArgentinaCorrientesUnidad de Conservación Cambyretá, ItuzaingóHéctor Schreiber
8344125/11/2013ArgentinaCorrientesUnidad de Conservación Cambyretá, ItuzaingóHéctor Schreiber
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Greater Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 30/03/2026.