Capybara  (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

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Glossary

  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Nocturnal: active at night.
  • Territory: an area occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (April, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Emmons, L.H. (1997) Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide. Second Edition.University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  3. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) The Encyclopedia of Mammals.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  4. Nowak, R.M. (1991) Walker’s Mammals of the World.The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
  5. Mones, A. and Ojasti, J. (1986) Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris. Mammalian Species, 264: 1 - 7.
  6. Burton, M. and Burton, R. (2002) International Wildlife Encyclopedia. Third Edition.Marshall Cavendish, New York.
  7. Kricher, J. (1997) A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics. Second Edition, Revised and Expanded.Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
  8. Wolff, J. and Sherman, P.W. (2007) Rodent Societies: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective.University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  9. Taylor, V.J. and Dunstone, N. (1996) The Exploitation of Mammal Populations.Chapman and Hall, London.
  10. Lidicker Jr, W.Z. (1989) Rodents: A World Survey of Species of Conservation Concern.IUCN/SSC Rodent Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland. Available at: http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/SSC-OP-004.pdf
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