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Hydrochoerus isthmius 19742666🐭

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SpeciesRodentiaCaviidae
Mammals

🐭Lesser capybara

Hydrochoerus isthmius Goldman, 1912

Le Capybara de Panama Hydrochoerus isthmius, également connu sous les noms de Cabiaï de Panama, est une espèce de rongeurs hystricognathes de la famille des Cavidés. Ce rongeur vivant dans les zones humides à l'extrême nord de l'Amérique du Sud et au Panama ressemble beaucoup à l'espèce voisine, le grand capybara (H. hydrochaeris).

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≈ a third of your weight
Conservation status
DDData deficient

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
21 kg
Body length
0.89 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
15 years
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Everything we know about the Lesser capybara

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
21 kg
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Body length
0.89 mestimated
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Maximum lifespan
15 yearsestimated
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Generation length
5.4 yearsestimated
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Gestation
108 days
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Litter size
about 5
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Volume l
21 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Lesser capybara yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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In other languages
Panama-Capybara (de), Hydrochoerus isthmius (pt), Hydrochoerus isthmius (pl), Kis kapibara (hu), Капібара мала (uk), Hydrochoerus isthmius (nl) … and 14 more languages
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