Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris in languages:

Afrikaans

Kapibara

Afrikaans

Watervark

Arabic

خنزير الماء

Arabic

كـابيبارا

Basque

Kapibara

Bokmål

Flodsvin

Bokmål

Kapivar

Breton

Kapibara

Bulgarian

Капибара

Catalan

Capibara

Chinese

水豚

Croatian

Kapibara

Croatian

Vodenprase

Czech

Kapybara

Danish

Kapivar

Danish

Flodsvin

Dutch

Capibara

Dutch

Waterzwijn

English

Capybara

English

Greater Capybara

Esperanto

Kapibaro

Esperanto

Akvoporko

Estonian

Kapibaara

Estonian

Veesiga

Finnish

Kapybara

Finnish

Vesisika

French

Capybara

German

Wasserschwein

Hebrew

קפיבארה מצויה

Italian

Capibara

Modern Greek

Υδρόχοιρος (Καπιμπάρα)

Polish

Kapibara wielka

Portuguese

Capivara

Russian

Капибара

Turkish

Kapibara

Ukrainian

Капібара

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Parent Taxon

• Hydrochoerus

Sibling Taxa

• Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
• Hydrochoerus isthmius

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