Hydrochoerus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Caviidae
Genus: Hydrochoerus
Species
Scientific Name: Hydrochoerus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hydrochoerus

The genus Hydrochoerus contains two living (the lesser and greater capybaras) and three extinct species of rodents from South America, the Caribbean island of Grenada, California and Panama. Capybaras are the largest living rodents. The name of the genus is derived from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdor), meaning "water", and χοῖρος (khoîros), meaning "pig".

Hydrochoerus in languages:

Afrikaans: Kapibara
Bokmål: Flodsvin
English: Capybaras
German: Wasserschweine
Hebrew: קפיברה
Polish: kapibara
Russian: Водосвинки

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