Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The capybara or greater capybara is the largest living rodent, native to all countries in South America except Chile. It is a semiaquatic herbivore that inhabits savannas and dense forests, living near and in bodies of freshwater and feeding mainly on grasses and aquatic plants.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Caviidae
- Genus
- Hydrochoerus