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Capybara
A social riverbank rodent with webbing between its toes.
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The capybara combines life on land with confident movement through water. It inhabits riverbanks and marshy ground, and its toes are joined by webbing. This feature helps it swim. An adult reaches 100-130 centimetres in length and weighs 35-65 kilograms. It is a large rodent whose body and habitat are closely associated with water.
Capybaras do not lead solitary lives. They form groups containing males, females and young, sometimes numbering several dozen animals. A dominant male usually leads the group and drives away rivals. Group size varies, from a pair to a much larger community. Relationships between members are an important part of their daily lives.
To communicate, capybaras use whistles and grunts. They also mark their territory with scent from glands near the anus. Their food consists of grasses, fruit and shrub leaves. Pregnancy lasts about 150 days, after which one to seven young are born. The group’s life unfolds beside rivers, in surroundings that provide both plant food and places to swim.
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A capybara is a rodent that swims very well. It has webbing between its toes, helping it move through water. In the wild it lives beside rivers and on marshy ground. An adult can weigh 35-65 kilograms.
Capybaras like the company of their own species. They live in groups of females, males and young. Sometimes a group contains several dozen animals. It is most often led by a dominant male that drives away rivals.
Capybaras communicate with whistles and grunts. They also leave scent messages around their territory. They eat grasses, fruit and shrub leaves. After a pregnancy of about 150 days, a female gives birth to one to seven young. Different generations of this large rodent gather by the water, making use of both the land and the river.
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Which feature of a capybara’s toes helps it swim?
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