capybara: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance - LibGuides at International Environment Library Consortium - Capybaras (Hydrochoerus spp.) Fact Sheet: Summary. Sep 25, 2026
Add new Web site: UC San Diego - Center for Perinatal Discovery - Capybara. Apr 02, 2026
Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Capybaras: Get to know the world’s largest rodent. Feb 16, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Dynamics, Causes, and Impacts of Mammalian Evolutionary Rates Revealed by the Analyses of Capybara Draft Genome Sequences. Jan 05, 2026
Add new Web site: One Earth - Meet the capybara: Gentle giants of South America. Jul 31, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC - Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology - Growth and development of the placenta in the capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris). Jun 18, 2025
Add new Web site: Nature - Scientific Reports - The vomeronasal system of the newborn capybara: a morphological and immunohistochemical study. Apr 22, 2025
Add new Web site: The University of the West Indies at St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago - Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Capybara) (PDF). Feb 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Taxonomy, Natural History and Distribution of the Capybara. Nov 19, 2024
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance - LibGuides at International Environment Library Consortium - Capybaras (Hydrochoerus spp.) Fact Sheet: Summary. Jun 19, 2024
Add new Web site: WebMD - Capybara: Are They Good Pets? May 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Animalia - Capybara. Jan 03, 2024
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Capybara. Jul 04, 2023
Add new Web site: UNESCO - ELOSS - The Capybara, Its Biology and Management. Mar 27, 2023
Add new Web site: The Spruce Pets - Should you Keep a Capybara as a Pet? Dec 02, 2022
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Capybara. Aug 24, 2022
Add new Web site: Live Science - Facts About Capybaras. Oct 01, 2021
Add new Web site: National Goegraphic - Capybara. Oct 01, 2021
Article revised and updated. Jun 16, 2021
Media added. Aug 18, 2017
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance - Animals & Plants - Capybara. Dec 27, 2013
Added image of capybara family. Jun 30, 2010
Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Capybara. May 28, 2008
Added new Web site: ThinkQuest - Capybara. Jul 20, 2007
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Capybara. Jul 20, 2007
Added new Web site: San Diego Natural History Museum - Capybara. Jul 20, 2007
Added new Web site: The Pied Piper - Capybara. Jul 20, 2007
Added new Web site: Smithsonian National Zoological Park - Capybara. Jul 20, 2007
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Capybara. Jul 20, 2007
Added new Web site: Animal Corner - Capybara. Jul 20, 2007
Added new Web site: Davidson College - Capybara. Jul 20, 2007
Article revised. Sep 27, 2002
Article revised. Jan 12, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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