Greater Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Greater Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

(Linnaeus, 1766)
Carpincho
Capivara

Family: Caviidae
Order: Rodentia
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

Request change

Filters

User

Map type

Sex

Life stage

Year

Include injured or dead

Records from Brasil

Conservation status: Least Concern

Other common names: Capibara.

Subspecies:

This taxon does not yet have a description.

At EcoRegistros, species accounts are built through open bibliographic compilation, and anyone can contribute.

Add description

Loading map...

Last published photographs

Photography ID: 654444
♂ ♀ Pantanal
Mato Grosso
Brazil
09/12/2025
Manuel Godoy

Photography ID: 645925
Adult
Pinheiro Machado
Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil
07/12/2025
Augusto Pötter

Photography ID: 585572
Curitiba, Pr
Paraná
Brazil
09/21/2008
Glauco Oliveira

Photography ID: 574533
Adult
São Paulo
São Paulo
Brazil
03/05/2024
Horacio Alberto Garcia

Photography ID: 556041
São Paulo
São Paulo
Brazil
10/30/2023
Horacio Alberto Garcia

Photography ID: 539672
Adult
Caldas
Minas Gerais
Brazil
11/11/2020
Valquiria Fernanda Luz

Photography ID: 539671
Adult
Caldas
Minas Gerais
Brazil
06/11/2017
Valquiria Fernanda Luz

Photography ID: 519828
Adult
São Paulo
São Paulo
Brazil
01/05/2023
Horacio Alberto Garcia

Photography ID: 519826
Adult
São Paulo
São Paulo
Brazil
01/05/2023
Horacio Alberto Garcia

Photography ID: 519824
Adult
São Paulo
São Paulo
Brazil
01/05/2023
Horacio Alberto Garcia

Photography ID: 516769
Adult
Parque Nacional del Pantanal Matogrossense
Mato Grosso
Brazil
10/03/2012
Nino A. Grangetto

Photography ID: 504611
Adult
Itajai
Santa Catarina
Brazil
04/01/2022
Eduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira

View all photographs of the species

Add a photography of this species

Last Vocalizations published

Add an audio of this species

Last Filmings published

Add a film of this species

Reports

Detail of places sorted by number of records

Page 1

Record ID

Date

Exact time

Country

Province / department

Place

Filmed

Photographed

Recorded vocal

Observed

Heard

Wounded or dead

Number of individuals

User or Bibliography

Detail

2369158

12/09/2025

Brazil

Mato Grosso

Porto Jofre, Pantanal

Manuel Godoy

2345196

19/08/2025

Brazil

Mato Grosso

Rio São Lourenço desde Porto Jofre, Pantanal

Nicolas Olejnik

2343661

17/08/2025

13:09

Brazil

Mato Grosso

Ruta Sin Nombre

Nicolas Olejnik

2342899

16/08/2025

Brazil

Mato Grosso

Pouso Alegre, Pantanal

Nicolas Olejnik

2342068

16/08/2025

Brazil

Mato Grosso

Rio Claro, Pantanal

Nicolas Olejnik

2341618

15/08/2025

18:19

Brazil

Mato Grosso

Ruta Sin Nombre

Nicolas Olejnik

2329712

12/07/2025

Brazil

Rio Grande do Sul

Pinheiro Machado

Augusto Pötter

2306453

14/06/2025

09:54

Brazil

Mato Grosso

Estrada Transpantaneira

Nicolas Olejnik

2303857

11/06/2025

Brazil

Mato Grosso

Pouso Alegre, Pantanal

Nicolas Olejnik

2303815

11/06/2025

Brazil

Mato Grosso

Pousada Rio Claro, Poconé

Nicolas Olejnik

Page 1

Add a record of this species