Capybara: Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical SpeciesJosé Roberto Moreira, Katia Maria P.M.B. Ferraz, Emilio A. Herrera, David W. Macdonald The capybara is the neotropical mammal with the highest potential for production and domestication. Amongst the favorable characteristics for domestication we can list its high prolificacy, rapid growth rate, a herbivorous diet, social behavior and relative tameness. The genus (with only two species) is found from the Panama Canal to the north of Argentina on the east of the Andes. Chile is the only country in South America where the capybara is not found. The species is eaten all over its range, especially by poor, rural and traditional communities engaged in subsistence hunting. On the other hand, in large urban settlements wildlife is consumed by city dwellers as a delicacy. The sustainable management of capybara in the wild has been adopted by some South American countries, while others have encouraged capybara rearing in captivity. |
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This is the best book available for anyone with a deep interest in this exceptional animal, The Capybara. I found the answers to almost all my questions. Information covers communication, hierarchy, territory and habitat, diet, herd size, morphology, lifestyle, social structure of herds, courtship and reproduction, diseases, even evolution. Some of the information relates primarily to an agricultural perspective as inevitably this was the main source of funding for research. It is my bible!
It is my primary reference source when writing my blogs at Capybara World.
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| Title | Capybara: Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species |
| Editors | José Roberto Moreira, Katia Maria P.M.B. Ferraz, Emilio A. Herrera, David W. Macdonald |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media, 2012 |
| ISBN | 1461440009, 9781461440000 |
| Length | 422 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection Science / Life Sciences / Ecology Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ichthyology & Herpetology |
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