Greater Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

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 Buenos Aires

Conservation status: Least Concern

Other common names: Capibara.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 676065
♀ Adult
Puerto de San Isidro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/14/2026
Andrea Casaburi

Photography ID: 675684
Juvenile
Puerto de San Isidro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/07/2026
Andrea Casaburi

Photography ID: 675683
♂ Adult
Puerto de San Isidro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/07/2026
Andrea Casaburi

Photography ID: 675630
Puerto de San Isidro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/24/2026
Andrea Casaburi

Photography ID: 670652
Adult
Vicente López
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/31/2026
Marcos Garberoglio

Photography ID: 665197
♂ ♀ Las Flores
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/27/2025
Santiago Baldin

Photography ID: 652136
♂ Adult
Coronel Suárez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/14/2025
Facundo Moyano Peña

Photography ID: 650193
♂ ♀ Tandil
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/13/2025
Liliana Rubilar Puerta

Photography ID: 649496
Reserva Natural Ingeniero Maschwitz
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/30/2025
Marcos Garberoglio

Photography ID: 647979
♂ ♀ Saladillo
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/09/2025
Juan Atenzio

Photography ID: 645533
Adult
Gral. Madariaga
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/27/2025
Celina Emilia Iratchet

Photography ID: 645439
Cerro de la Gloria
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/23/2025
Pablo Richter

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Last Filmings published

Video ID: 6211
♂ ♀ Adult
Ceamse - Complejo Ambiental Norte iii
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/22/2024
Gustavo A Rocca

Video ID: 5860
♂ ♀ Tandil
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/12/2023
Claudia Alejandra Nigro

Video ID: 5441
♂ ♀ Adult
Laguna Tupungato
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/14/2022
Santos Di Mauro

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2433830

16/02/2026

08:13

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Ruta Provincial 19, Ensenada

Silvina Collado

2441224

14/02/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Cenav, Puerto de San Isidro

Andrea Casaburi

2439916

07/02/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Cenav, Puerto de San Isidro

Andrea Casaburi

2439915

07/02/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Cenav, Puerto de San Isidro

Andrea Casaburi

2425429

31/01/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Área Natural Yrigoyen (Yrigoyen y el Río), Vicente López

Marcos Garberoglio

2439871

24/01/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Cenav, Puerto de San Isidro

Andrea Casaburi

2413284

09/01/2026

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Tandil, Tandil

Liliana Rubilar Puerta

2407026

27/12/2025

08:00

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Paraje El Cambalache, Las Flores

Santiago Baldin

2404681

23/12/2025

11:33

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Camino sin nombrar

Marcelo Gavensky

2402835

21/12/2025

05:30

Argentina

Buenos Aires

La Chumbeada, General Belgrano

Santiago Baldin

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