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What Is the Difference Between Carpincho and Capibara?

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The capibara, also known as carpincho, is the largest rodent in the world and has generated confusion by the use of two different names to refer to it. However, both terms describe the same animal. “Carpincho” is used in countries like Argentina and Uruguay, while “capibara” is the term adopted internationally and in some Latin American countries. In Colombia, for example, it is known as chigüiro.While capibaras in Costa Rica cause tenderness, i…

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The capibara, also known as carpincho, is the largest rodent in the world and has generated confusion by the use of two different names to refer to it. However, both terms describe the same animal. “Carpincho” is used in countries like Argentina and Uruguay, while “capibara” is the term adopted internationally and in some Latin American countries. In Colombia, for example, it is known as chigüiro.While capibaras in Costa Rica cause tenderness, i…

The capibaras have a social and cooperative character: they live in harmony with other species, from birds that sit on their back, to crocodiles, which can remain lying without being immuted The entrance Capibaras: the world's largest rodents and fashion stuffed animals was first published in La Voz de Michoacán.

David Ramos Collada Madrid, 4 Jul (EFE).- With more than fifty kilograms of weight and a meter of length in adulthood, the capibaras are the largest rodents on the planet, a species native to South America but that in recent years has become fashionable through the internet and in the form of stuffed animals. Also known as carpinchos or chigüiros, these mammals live in groups "five to twenty specimens" near large bodies of fresh water such as ri…

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