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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.

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Foto
Photography ID: 667120
  Adult
Valle del Lunarejo
Rivera
Uruguay
01/05/2026
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 665634
  Adult
Lascano
Rocha
Uruguay
01/08/2023
Adrian Antunez
Foto
Photography ID: 624556
♂ ♀  Adult
Parque Nacional Santa Teresa
Rocha
Uruguay
02/06/2025
Tomás Hancke
Foto
Photography ID: 479755
  Juvenile
Manguera Azul
Lavalleja
Uruguay
05/19/2020
Carlos Crocce
Foto
Photography ID: 421800
  Adult
Humedal Arroyo Maldonado
Maldonado
Uruguay
12/01/2020
Alejandra Pons
Foto
Photography ID: 338868
 Villa Serrana
Lavalleja
Uruguay
06/26/2019
Hernan Bauret
Foto
Photography ID: 288237
  Adult
Parque Nacional Santa Teresa
Rocha
Uruguay
09/23/2018
Luis Mier
Foto
Photography ID: 213199
  Juvenile
Parque Nacional Santa Teresa
Rocha
Uruguay
07/02/2017
Julio Clavijo Ferraro
Foto
Photography ID: 182239
 Potrerillo de Santa Teresa.
Rocha
Uruguay
12/16/2016
Germán Gil
Foto
Photography ID: 153161
♂ ♀ Laguna de Rocha
Rocha
Uruguay
06/04/2016
Mauricio Silvera
Foto
Photography ID: 149159
 Laguna de Rocha
Rocha
Uruguay
05/04/2016
Daniela Lowe



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241519305/01/2026UruguayRiveraValle del LunarejoAdrian Antunez
225752606/02/2025UruguayRochaParque Nacional Santa TeresaTomás Hancke
240925108/01/2023UruguayRochaLascanoAdrian Antunez
132048301/12/2020UruguayMaldonadoLa Barra, Humedal Arroyo MaldonadoAlejandra Pons
153629919/05/2020UruguayLavallejaManguera AzulCarlos Crocce
93707126/06/2019UruguayLavallejaVilla SerranaHernan Bauret
81016923/09/2018UruguayRochaLaguna de Pena ..., Parque Nacional Santa TeresaLuis Mier
80611701/09/2018UruguayRochaParque Nacional Santa TeresaMauricio Silvera
67710716/01/2018UruguayColoniaIsla Timoteo DomínguezMauro Carballo
139747517/11/2017UruguayMaldonadoBalneario Bella Vista., Maldonado10Emilio Lessa
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Greater Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.