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Jaguar predation on capybara

1977
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Schaller, George B., Vasconcelos, José Manuel C   +1 more
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Capybara Digestive Adaptations

2012
Structural 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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Diseases of Capybara

2012
Disease control is an important part of wildlife management both in the wild and in captivity (Caughley and Sinclair 1994). Capybaras, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, carry a wide range of parasites and other diseases including hemoparasites and gut parasites (Mones and Martinez 1982), but appear to be largely resistant to their effects and show few signs ...
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Digestive physiology of captive capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Zoo Biology, 2019
The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), the largest living rodent, probably has a “mucus‐trap” colonic separation mechanism. To test this hypothesis, we measured the mean retention time of a solute marker (MRTSolute), 2 mm (MRT2 mm), 10 mm (MRT10 mm), and 20 mm (MRT20 mm) particle markers and nutrient digestibility in adult captive capybaras (27–52 ...
Kiani, Ali, Clauss, Marcus, Ortmann, Sylvia, Vendl, Catharina, Congdon, Elizabeth R, Herrera, Emilio A, Kreuzer, Michael, Schwarm, Angela   +7 more
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Digestive physiology of wild capybara

Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 1996
The capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) is a hindgut fermenter whose digestive efficiency is comparable to that of ruminants on similar diets. It is an interesting case for study because it is the largest caecum fermenter and uses coprophagy as part of its digestive strategy.
P.A. Borges, M.G. Dominguez-Bello, E.A. Herrera   +2 more
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The Sustainable Management of Capybaras

2012
The 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, Luciano M. Verdade, Katia Maria P. M. B. Ferraz, David W. Macdonald   +3 more
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Products and Uses of Capybaras

2012
The 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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Neurofibrillar bipolar cells in the capybara retina

Visual Neuroscience, 1996
AbstractUsing 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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Use of Capybaras in Argentina

2012
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.
Quintana, Ruben Dario, Bolkovic, María Luisa   +1 more
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Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Salivary Glands Morphology

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia
ABSTRACTMorphological studies concerning salivary glands have emerged as an exciting tool to understand feeding habits. In this sense, this study aimed to describe capybara salivary glands morphology to understand potential morphological associations to this species feeding habits.
Flavia María Pía Montenegro Donoso, Marilú Cristofoli, Daniel Vitor Matos Lobão, Fernanda Batistella Passos Nunes, Fabiana Morse Gosson Jorge, Mayla Magalhães de Oliveira Alcobaça, Radan Elvis Matias de Oliveira, Antônio Chaves de Assis Neto   +7 more
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