Mammalian Diversity And Matses Ethnomammalogy In Amazonian Peru Part 5. Rodents
Author
Voss, Robert S.
Author
Fleck, David W.
Author
Jansa, Sharon A.
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Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2019
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Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Figure 38
VOUCHER MATERIAL (
N
= 5): Boca Río Yaquerana (FMNH 88900), Nuevo
San Juan
(AMNH 268264, MUSM 11226–11228 [not seen]).
UNVOUCHERED OBSERVATIONS: Jenaro Herrera (
Ríos et al., 1974
;
Tovar, 2011
), Río Yavarí (
Salovaara et al., 2003
), Río Yavarí-Mirím (
Salovaara et al., 2003
),
San Pedro
(
Valqui, 1999
,
2001
).
IDENTIFICATION:
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
is the only currently recognized capybara spe-