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Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) have been used in Argentina since pre-Columbian times as a source of hide, meat, and fat. Hide is the most valuable capybara by-product and, at present, represents the major hunting pressure for this species in the country.
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Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) have been used in Argentina since pre-Columbian times as a source of hide, meat, and fat. Hide is the most valuable capybara by-product and, at present, represents the major hunting pressure for this species in the country.
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Products and Uses of Capybaras
2012The capybara is used by people from South America for a variety of purposes across its range. Its main products are meat, leather and fat, but it is also the focus of leisure pursuits and craftwork, as well as providing ingredients for alleged medicinal use and featuring in local folklore.
Max S. Pinheiro, José Roberto Moreira
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The Sustainable Management of Capybaras
2012The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) has always been an important item in the diet of South American natives and subject to intensive hunting in Venezuela, Brazil, and Argentina since the nineteenth century. Commercial exploitation began in early twentieth century, especially in the Llanos of Venezuela (Fig. 17.1).
José Roberto Moreira +3 more
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On the atrophy of the internal carotid artery in capybara
Cell and Tissue Research, 2006Capybara might be a useful model for studying changes in cerebral circulation as the natural atrophy of the internal carotid artery (ICA) occurs in this animal at maturation. In this study, confocal and electron microscopy combined with immunohistochemical techniques were applied in order to reveal the changes in morphology and innervation to the ...
Steele, C +6 more
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Neurofibrillar bipolar cells in the capybara retina
Visual Neuroscience, 1996AbstractUsing a reduced-silver neurofibrillar method, we stained a population of bipolar cells in the capybara retina. These cells are distributed throughout the retina following the same topography of other retinal cell classes as the A-type horizontal cells and ganglion cells.
E S, Yamada, L C, Silveira
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Capybara Digestive Adaptations
2012Structural polymers of plants (mainly cellulose and hemicellulose) are possibly the most widely available sources of energy from primary producers for herbivores (Parra 1978). However, such highly fibrous diet components are extremely difficult to digest and, therefore, herbivores possess specific adaptations for the digestion of these materials.
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Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris (Capybara, Carpincho)
1974The karyotypes were made from bone marrow preparations by Dr. Francisco A. Saez (Departamento de Citogenetica, Instituto de Investigacion de Ciencias Biologicas, Montevideo, Uruguay) and Dr. Osvaldo R. Vidal (Laboratorio de Citogenetica, Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires ...
T. C. Hsu, Kurt Benirschke
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Paleontology, Evolution and Systematics of Capybara
2012Caviomorph rodents, the New World Hystricognathi, are one of the most noteworthy groups of mammals in South America. Isolated for more than 30 Ma, they have given rise to several extraordinary rodents including the pacas (Cuniculusspp.), cavies (Caviaspp.), vizcachas (Lagostomusspp.), agouties (Dasyproctaspp.), as well as two giants: Phoberomys, from ...
Vucetich, María Guiomar +2 more
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A descriptive account of capybara behaviour
Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 1994A study of capybara behaviour was made on two large ranches in the llanos of Venezuela. Animals were marked with numbered, brightly coloured collars and observations were recorded with a videocamera. Capybaras were found to regurgitate and re‐chew food material at frequent intervals throughout the day when they were resting, complementing coprophagy as
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