Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi Author Charles A. Woods text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 771 806 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353083 1-56098-217-9 7353083 Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris (Linnaeus, 1766) . Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:103 . TYPE LOCALITY: "Habitat in Surinamo". Cabrera (1961:583) gave Pernambuco , Brazil , but see Husson (1978:451) for restriction to Suriname . DISTRIBUTION: Panama , Colombia , Venezuela , the Guyanas and Peru , south through Brazil , Paraguay , NE Argentina , and Uruguay . STATUS: Locally common, uncommon in Panama ; farmed for meat in some areas. SYNONYMS: capybara, cobaya , dabbeni, irroratus, isthmius, notalis, uruguayensis. COMMENTS: Includes isthmius; see Handley (1966a:785) . Reviewed by Mones and Ojasti (1986 , Mammalian Species, 264, as Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris ).