Checklist of medium-sized to large mammals of Campos Gerais National Park, Paraná, Brazil
Author
Pereira, Alan Deivid
Author
Bazilio, Sergio
Author
Orsi, Mário Luís
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Check List
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/14.5.785
journal article
10.15560/14.5.785
1809-127X
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Records.
Record was in
November 29, 2013
, monitoring site 7 (
25°09.42ʹ S
,
049°59.44ʹ W
).
Identification.
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
is the largest
rodent in the world, easily identifiable due to the shape of the head with short ears and hue ranging between reddish to grayish brown. The species was recorded based on the analysis of footprints and opportunistic observations (
Table 1
)