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Capybara

Biology, Use and Conservation of an Exceptional Neotropical Species

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. José Roberto Moreira

    1. Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnolog, Brasília, Brazil

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  2. Katia Maria P.M.B. Ferraz

    1. , Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil

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  3. Emilio A. Herrera

    1. Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela

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  4. David W. Macdonald

    1. , Zoology Dept., University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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  • Assembles the scientists who have produced the most relevant research about the species
  • The book has over 45 authors of nine different nationalities in a multidisciplinary work about a single species
  • The research in this book analyzes the neotropical mammal with the highest potential for production and domestication

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Biology, Ecology and Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Taxonomy, Natural History and Distribution of the Capybara

      • José Roberto Moreira, Martin R. Alvarez, Teresa Tarifa, Víctor Pacheco, Andrew Taber, Diego G. Tirira et al.
      Pages 3-37

    3. Paleontology, Evolution and Systematics of Capybara

      • María Guiomar Vucetich, Cecilia M. Deschamps, María E. Pérez
      Pages 39-59

    4. Phylogenetics of Caviomorph Rodents and Genetic Perspectives on the Evolution of Sociality and Mating Systems in the Caviidae

      • Rodney L. Honeycutt
      Pages 61-81

    5. Foraging Strategies and Feeding Habits of Capybaras

      • Guillermo R. Barreto, Rúben D. Quintana
      Pages 83-96

    6. Capybara Digestive Adaptations

      • Emilio A. Herrera
      Pages 97-106

    7. Reproductive Morphology and Physiology of the Male Capybara

      • Tarcízio A. R. Paula, Nicholas J. Walker
      Pages 107-129

    8. Morphology and Reproductive Physiology of Female Capybaras

      • Maria Angélica Miglino, Tatiana Carlesso dos Santos, Claudia Kanashiro, Rosa Helena dos Santos Ferraz
      Pages 131-146

    9. Capybara Demographic Traits

      • José Roberto Moreira, Helga Wiederhecker, Katia Maria P. M. B. Ferraz, Juanita Aldana-Domínguez, Luciano M. Verdade, David W. Macdonald
      Pages 147-167

    10. Diseases of Capybara

      • Gerardo Rubén Cueto
      Pages 169-184

    11. Capybara Scent Glands and Scent-Marking Behavior

      • David W. Macdonald, Emilio A. Herrera
      Pages 185-193

    12. Capybara Social Behavior and Use of Space: Patterns and Processes

      • Emilio A. Herrera
      Pages 195-207

  3. Production

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Products and Uses of Capybaras

      • Max S. Pinheiro, José Roberto Moreira
      Pages 211-227

    3. Confined and Semi-confined Production Systems for Capybaras

      • Sérgio L. G. Nogueira-Filho, Max S. Pinheiro, Selene S. C. Nogueira
      Pages 229-241

    4. Social and Spatial Relationships of Capybaras in a Semi-confined Production System

      • Katia Maria P. M. B. Ferraz, Patrícia Izar, Takechi Sato, Sílvia M. Nishida
      Pages 243-260

    5. Feeds and Nutrition of Farmed Capybaras

      • Alcester Mendes, Sérgio L. G. Nogueira-Filho
      Pages 261-274

    6. The Impact of Management Practices on Female Capybara Reproductive Parameters in Captivity

      • Sérgio L. G. Nogueira-Filho, Selene S. C. Nogueira
      Pages 275-282

    7. The Sustainable Management of Capybaras

      • José Roberto Moreira, Luciano M. Verdade, Katia Maria P. M. B. Ferraz, David W. Macdonald
      Pages 283-302
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnolog, Brasília, Brazil

    José Roberto Moreira

  • , Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil

    Katia Maria P.M.B. Ferraz

  • Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela

    Emilio A. Herrera

  • , Zoology Dept., University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

    David W. Macdonald

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