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Brazilian guinea pig
(no subspecific status)
EU ,nEU,AS,AF,SA
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EU ,nEU,NA,SA,AS,AU,AF
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EU ,nEU,AS
Common yellow-toothed cavy
(Buffy cuis)
(no subspecific status)
East Bolivian Highland yellow-toothed cavy
(Muenster yellow-toothed cavy)
EU ,nEU
Greater guinea pig
EU ,AS
Lesser capybara
NA
Montane guinea pig
(Tschudi's cavy)
(Peruvian wild guinea pig)
Pampas cavy
Patagonian mara
(Patagonian cavy)
(Mara)
EU ,NA,nEU,AS,AF,AU,SA
Rock cavy
(Moco)
EU ,nEU
Shiny guinea pig
Spix's Yellow-toothed Cavy
Capybara
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
(Syn.: Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris)
(LINNAEUS, 1766)
Photo by:
T. Klöfkorn
Additional images here:
www.biolib.cz
Number of Subspecies:
00
Information Source for Taxonomy:
Wilson, Don E. / Mittermeier, Russell A. HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD; Vol. 6 - Lagomorphs and Rodents I, 2016
Head-Torso-Length:
107 - 134 cm
Tail length:
1 - 2 cm
Weight:
35 - 65 kg
IUCN status:
LC (Least Concern)
Current Holdings
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Former Holdings
Europe (EU)
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Belgium (8 Holding(s)):
Bouillon (Parc Animalier)
Cambron-Casteau (Pairi Daiza - vormals Parc Paradisio)
Deigne-Aywaille (Monde Sauvage Zoo)
Ieper (Bellewaerdepark)
Mechelen (Zoo Planckendael - vormals Dierenpark Planckendael)
Olmen Balen (Pakawi Park - vormals Zoo)
Vaux-sur-Sure (Zooparc Vallee de la Sure)
Vleteren (Dierenpark De Zonnegloed)
Bulgaria (1 Holding(s)):
Burgas (Zoo)
Denmark (9 Holding(s)):
Aalborg (Zoo)
Bjaeverskov (Pangea Park)
Blavand (Zoo)
Borkop (Skaerup Zoo)
Givskud (Zoo)
Haunstrup (Jyllands Park-Zoo)
Kobenhavn (Zoo)
Lintrup (Glad Zoo - ehem. Safaripark)
Odense (Zoo)
Germany (26 Holding(s)):
Augsburg (Zoo)
Bad Pyrmont (Tierpark)
Berlin (Zoologischer Garten)
Dessau-Roßlau (Tierpark)
Dortmund (Zoo)
Eberswalde (Zoo)
Frankfurt/Main (Zoo)
Friesoythe (Tier- und Freizeitpark Thüle - vormals Tierpark Worberg)
Gotha (Tierpark)
Grabowhöfe (Tiererlebnispark Müritz)
Greifswald (Tierpark)
Hanstedt-Nindorf (Wildpark Lüneburger Heide)
Hirschfeld (Tierpark)
Hodenhagen (Serengeti-Park)
Jaderberg (Jaderpark)
Köln (Zoologischer Garten)
Köthen (Tierpark)
Krefeld (Zoo)
Leipzig (Zoo)
Limbach-Oberfrohna (Amerika-Tierpark)
München (Tierpark Hellabrunn)
Neukirchen (Natur- und Freizeitpark Edelwies)
Neumünster (Tierpark)
Osnabrück (Zoo)
Schwerin (Zoo)
Vippachedelhausen (Vogelpark Tirica)
France (31 Holding(s)):
Amiens (Zoo)
Ardes sur Couze (Parc Animalier d Auvergne)
Arnay sous Vitteaux (Parc de l` Auxois)
Cadaujac (Ferme exotique)
Calviac (Réserve zoologique)
Chartres (La Tanière - Zoo refuge)
Crécy-la-Chapelle (Parrot World)
Dompierre-sur-Besbre (Le Pal)
Frossay (Grand Parc des Légendes)
Hermival les Vaux (CERZA Lisieux)
Jurques (Zoo)
La Flèche (Zoo)
La Teste de Buch (Zoo du Bassin dArcachon)
Le Breil sur Merize (Domaine Zoologique Pescheray)
Le Guerno (Parc de Branféré)
Le Vigen (Parc Zoo du Reynou)
Les Mathes (Zoo de La Palmyre)
Les Sables d´Olonne (Zoo)
Maubeuge (Zoo)
Montredon-Labessonnié (Zoo)
Obterre (Espace Animalier de la Haute-Touche)
Ozoir la Ferrière (Zoo du Bois dAtilly)
Paris (Zoo/Vincennes)
Peaugres (Safaripark)
Pelissane (Parc Zoologique de la Barben)
Pessac (Zoo de Bordeaux)
Pont-Scorff (Les Terres de Nataé)
Romanèche-Thorins (Touroparc)
Saint Aignan (ZooParc de Beauval)
Spay (Spaycific Zoo)
Thoiry (Safari)
Greece (1 Holding(s)):
Spata (Attica Zoological Park)
Ireland (4 Holding(s)):
Ardmore (Ardmore Open Farm)
Carrigtwohill (Fota Wildlife Park)
Enniscorthy (Secret Valley Wildlife Park)
Kilmeedy (Wild Encounters Mini Zoo)
Italy (10 Holding(s)):
Agrate Conturbia (Parco Faunistico La Torbiera)
Carini (Bioparco di Sicilia)
Cecina (Giardino zoologico Gallorose)
Falconara Marittima (Parco Zoo Falconara)
Fasano (Zoosafari Fasanolandia)
Lignano Sabbiadoro (Parco Zoo Punta Verde)
Napoli (Zoo)
Pesco Sannita (Zoo delle Maitine)
Pistoia (Zoo)
Roma (Bioparco - vormals Zoo)
Croatia (1 Holding(s)):
Zagreb (Zoo)
Latvia (1 Holding(s)):
Riga (Zoo)
Lithuania (1 Holding(s)):
Vilnius (Zoopark Vilnius Ogmios miestas)
Luxembourg (1 Holding(s)):
Bettembourg (Parc Merveilleux)
Netherlands (11 Holding(s)):
Amsterdam (Artis Zoo / Natura Artis Magistra)
Anna Paulowna (Dierenpark Hoenderdaell)
Apeldoorn (Apenheul)
Arnhem (Burgers Zoo)
Beesd (Uilen- en dierenpark de Paay)
Kerkrade (GaiaZoo)
Leeuwarden (Aquazoo)
Nieuwe-Tonge (Faunapark Flakkee)
Overloon (Zoo Parc)
Tuitjenhorn (Dierenpark Blanckendaell)
Volkel (Zie-zoo)
Austria (4 Holding(s)):
Krenglbach (Zoo Schmiding inkl. Aquazoo - vormals Vogelpark)
Salzburg (Zoo - ehem. Tiergarten Hellbrunn)
Stubenberg (Tierwelt Herberstein)
Wien (Tiergarten Schönbrunn)
Poland (12 Holding(s)):
Bydgoszcz (Zoo / Ogrod Fauny Polskiej)
Gdansk-Oliwa (Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny Wybrzeza Gdansk)
Krakow (Zoo)
Lisów (ZOO Lesne Zacisze)
Lodz (Zoo)
Lublin (Zoo Wojciechow)
Mieroszów (Zoo Laczna)
Opole (Zoo)
Poznan (Nowe Zoo)
Slupsk (Zoo Charlotta)
Wroclaw (Zoo)
Zamosc (Ogrod Zoologiczny im. Stefana Milera)
Portugal (2 Holding(s)):
Avintes (Park & Zoo Santo Inácio)
Lagos (Zoo)
Romania (1 Holding(s)):
Oradea (Zoo)
Sweden (3 Holding(s)):
Eskilstuna (Parken Zoo)
Kolmarden (Tierpark)
Ystad (Djurpark)
Slovakia (3 Holding(s)):
Košice (Zoo)
Orechová Potôň (Malkia Park)
Piešťany (Eko Park)
Slovenia (2 Holding(s)):
Boraceva (Sikalu Zoo)
Ljubljana (Zoo)
Spain (11 Holding(s)):
Arguedas (Sendaviva)
Barcelona (Cosmocaixa Museum)
Barcelona (Zoo)
Benidorm (Terra Natura Park)
Castellar de la Frontera (Zoo)
Cordoba (Zoo)
Estepona (Selwo Aventura)
Hinojosa de San Vicente (Zoo Safari Park)
Jerez (Zoobotanico)
Outeiro de Rei (Parque Zoologico Marcelle Natureza)
Puerto de la Cruz (Loro Parque)
Czech Republic (12 Holding(s)):
Brno (Zoo)
Decin (Zoo)
Doksy (Zoopark)
Dvorec (Zoo)
Horní Pěna (Zoopark Na Hrádečku)
Jihlava (Zoo)
Plasy (Fantasy Golf Plasy)
Plzen (Zoo)
Praha (Zoo)
Sobehrdy (Farmapark)
Stezery (Zoopark)
Zlin (Zoologická zahrada Zámek Lešná)
Hungary (4 Holding(s)):
Budapest (Zoo - Fővárosi Állat- és Növénykert)
Györ (Xantus János Állatkert)
Jászberény (Állat- és Növénykert)
Veszprém (Kittenberger Kálmán Növény és Vadaspark)
Holding(s): 159
Europe (NonEU)
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Belarus (1 Holding(s)):
Minsk (Zoo)
Bosnia-Herzegovina (1 Holding(s)):
Sicki Brod (Zoo vrt Bingo)
Moldova (1 Holding(s)):
Chisinau (Zoo)
Monaco (1 Holding(s)):
Monaco (Parc animalier)
Norway (2 Holding(s)):
Kardemomme (Kristiansand Dyreparken)
Torvastad (Haugaland Zoo)
Russia (19 Holding(s)):
Akatovo (Park ptits Vorobi – vormals Ornitopark Vorobji)
Gelendzhik (Safari-park)
Golubitskaya (Zoopark Lukomorye)
Kaliningrad (Zoopark)
Krasnodar (Safari-park)
Krasnoyarsk (Roev Ruchey Zoopark)
Moskva (Ekzoopark v Rio)
Moskva (Ekzootik Park)
Moskva (Planeta obezyan)
Moskva (Zoopark)
Nizhniy Novgorod (Madagaskar v Sormovskiy park)
Nizhniy Novgorod (Zoopark Limpopo)
Novosibirsk (Zoopark imeni R.A. Shilo)
Omsk (Detskiy zoopark v Ekologo-biologicheskom tsentre dlya detey, MODOD)
Padikovo (Zoosad)
Perm (Zoopark)
Rostov-na-Donu (Zoopark)
Sankt-Peterburg (Leningradskiy zoopark)
Tula (Ekzotarium)
Switzerland (2 Holding(s)):
Le Landeron (Domaine de Bel-Air)
Zürich (Zoo)
Serbia (2 Holding(s)):
Beograd (Zoo)
Palic (Zoo)
Ukraine (5 Holding(s)):
Berdyansk (Zoopark Safari)
Demydiv (Zoopark XII misyatsiv)
Kyjiw (Zoopark)
Lisne (Feldman Ecopark)
Odesa (Zoopark)
United Kingdom (54 Holding(s)):
Aberford (Lotherton Wildlife World / vormals Bird Garden)
Alfriston (Drusillas Zoo Park)
Axminster (Axe Valley Wildlife Park)
Bassenthwaite (Lake District Wildlife Park)
Begelly (Folly Farm Zoo)
Bekesbourne (Howletts Wild Animal Park)
Belfast (Zoo)
Birmingham (Wildlife Conservation Park - ehem. Nature Centre)
Branton (Yorkshire Wildlife Park)
Bratton Fleming (Exmoor Zoological Park)
Broxbourne (Hertfordshire Zoo - vormals Paradise Wildlife Park)
Burford (Cotswold Wildlife Park)
Chessington (World of Adventures - bis 1987 Zoo)
Chester (Zoo)
Chew Magna (Chew Valley Animal Park)
Conwy (Conwy Water Gardens)
Crawley (Tilgate Nature Centre)
Cromer (Amazona Zoo)
Dalton-in-Furness (South Lakes Safari Zoo)
Deeside (Greenacres Animal Park)
Dudley (Zoo)
Epsom (Hobbledown Adventure Farm)
Fairseat (Hemsley Conservation Centre)
Felton (Northumberland Country Zoo - vormals E shott Heugh Animal Park)
Friskney (Lincolnshire Wildlife Park)
Honeybourne (All Things Wild Nature Centre)
Horncastle (Wolds Wildlife Park)
Ilfracombe (Combe Martin Wildlife)
Keynsham (Avon Valley Adventure and Wildlife Park)
Kirkley Hall (Northumberland College Zoo - vormals Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens)
Knowsley (Safari Park - vormals Menagerie Earl of Derby)
London (Hanwell Zoo - vormals Brent Lodge Park Animal Centre)
Lower Basildon (Beale Wildlife Park)
Lympne (Port Lympne Wild Animal Park)
Malton (Flamingo Land)
Newball (Woodside Wildlife & Falconry Park)
Newchurch (Amazon World Zoo Park)
Newquay (Zoo)
Penkridge (Rodbaston Animal Zone)
Polbeth (Five Sisters Zoo Park)
Porfell (Porfell Wildlife Park and Sanctuary)
Preston (Wild Discovery)
Reaseheath (College Zoo)
Shepreth (Wildlife Park)
Sparkwell (Dartmoor Zoological Park)
Tamworth (Drayton Manor Theme Park)
Telford (Exotic Zoo)
Telford (Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World)
Warminster (Longleat Safari Park)
Watford (Cassiobury Farm & Fishery)
Wherstead (Jimmys Farm & Wildlife Park)
Wingham (Wingham Wildlife Park)
Woburn (Safari Park)
Wraxall (Noahs Ark Zoo Farm)
United Kingdom/Bailwick of Jersey (1 Holding(s)):
Trinity (Jersey Zoo - vormals Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust)
United Kingdom/Isle of Man (1 Holding(s)):
Ballaugh (Curraghs Wildlife Park)
Holding(s): 90
North America
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France/Martinique (1 Holding(s)):
Le Carbet (ZOO de Martinique)
Guatemala (1 Holding(s)):
Ciudad de Guatemala (La Aurora Zoo)
Canada (4 Holding(s)):
Montreal (Biodome)
Peterborough (Riverview Park & Zoo)
Toronto (High Park Zoo)
Toronto (Zoo)
Mexico (10 Holding(s)):
Ciudad de Mexico (Zoologico de Chapultepec)
Ciudad de Mexico (Zoologico de San Juan de Aragon)
Colima (El Palapo Eco Park (ehemals: BioUniverZoo))
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza (Africam Safari)
Leon de los Aldama (Parque Zoologico de Leon)
Merida (Parque Zoologico del Centenario)
Mismaloya (Zoológico de Vallarta)
Morelia (Parque Zoologico Benito Juarez)
Morelos (Zoofari Centro de Conservacion)
Santa Maria Nativitas (Parque Ecologico Zacango)
United States of America (59 Holding(s)):
Abilene (Abilene Zoological Park)
Albuquerque (ABQ BioPark Zoo)
Alexandria (Alexandria Zoological Park)
Austin (Austin Aquarium)
Austin (Austin Zoo)
Baton Rouge (BRECs Baton Rouge Zoo)
Boise (Zoo)
Bolton (Animal Adventures Family Zoo & Rescue Center)
Brookfield (Zoo)
Brownsville (Gladys Porter Zoo)
Buffalo (The Buffalo Zoo)
Camp Verde (Out of Africa Wildlife Park)
Cape May Court House (Cape May County Park & Zoo)
Chattanooga (Chattanooga Zoo)
Cleveland (Metroparks Zoo)
Cottageville (Bee City Zoo)
Delavan (The Dancing Horses Theatre - Animal Gardens & Petting Zoo)
Denver (Zoo)
Evansville (Mesker Park Zoo)
Fort Worth (SeaQuest)
Grand Rapids (John Ball Zoo)
Gulf Breeze (Gulf Breeze Zoo)
Gulf Shores (Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo)
Halifax (Lake Tobias Wildlife Park)
Hattiesburg (Zoo)
Hogansville (Iron P Homestead Zoo)
Houston (Zoo)
Jacksonville (Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens)
Kansas City (Zoo & Aquarium)
Kenansville (Wild Florida)
Limestone (Brights Zoo)
Madison (Henry Vilas Zoo)
Melbourne (Brevard Zoo)
Memphis (Zoo)
Mendon (Southwicks Zoo)
Miami (Jungle Island - vormals Parrot Jungle)
Michigan City (Washington Park Zoo)
Minocqua (Wildwood Wildlife Park And Nature Center)
Montgomery (Montgomery Zoo & Mann Wildlife Learning Museum)
New Orleans (Audubon Zoo)
New York City (Staten Island Zoo)
Paramus (Bergen County Zoo)
Pine Mountain (Wild Animal Safari)
Powell (Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)
Sacramento (Zoo)
Salina (Rolling Hills Zoo)
San Antonio (Zoo)
San Diego (Zoo)
San Jose (Happy Hollow Park & Zoo)
Santa Barbara (Zoo)
Scottsdale (Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary)
St. Louis (Zoo)
Tucson (Reid Park Zoo)
Waco (Cameron Park Zoo)
Wellington (Wellington Conservation Center)
West Bend (Shalom Wildlife Zoo)
West Palm Beach (Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society)
Wichita (Sedgwick County Zoo)
Wilmington (Brandywine Zoo)
Holding(s): 75
South America
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Argentina (6 Holding(s)):
Belén de Escobar (Bioparque Temaikèn)
Buenos Aires (Eco Parque (ehemals Jardin Zoologico))
Casa Grande (Tatu Carreta - Zoologico Abierto)
Cordoba (Zoo)
Mar del Plata (Aquarium Mar del Plata)
San Clemente del Tuyu (Mundo Marino)
Bolivia (1 Holding(s)):
Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Zoologico Municipal de Santa Cruz De La Sierra)
Brazil (3 Holding(s)):
Belo Horizonte (Zoo)
Gramado (Zoo)
Rio de Janeiro (BioParque)
Ecuador (3 Holding(s)):
Cuenca (Amaru Zoologico Bioparque)
Guayaquil (Zoo el Pantanal / Guayaquil Zoo)
Loja (Zoo)
France/French Guiana (1 Holding(s)):
Macouria (Zoo de Guyane)
Colombia (8 Holding(s)):
Barranquilla (Zoologico de Barranquilla)
Cali (Zoologico de Cali)
Doradal (Hacienda Napoles)
Medellin (Parque de la Conservacion)
Melgar (Zoologico Cafam Melgar)
San Antonio del Tequendama (Zoologico Santacruz)
Tocancipa (Parque Jaime Duque - Bioparque Wakatá)
Villavicencio (Bioparque Los Ocarros)
Peru (2 Holding(s)):
Lima (Parque de Las Leyendas)
Quistococha (Complejo turistico de Quistococha)
Uruguay (1 Holding(s)):
Montevideo (Parque Lecocq)
Venezuela (1 Holding(s)):
Lara (Parque Zoologico y Botanico Bararida)
Holding(s): 26
Africa
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South Africa (1 Holding(s)):
Pretoria (National Zoological Gardens of South Africa)
Tunisia (1 Holding(s)):
Tunis (Parque Zoologique de la Ville de Tunis - Belvedere-Zoo)
Holding(s): 2
Asia
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China/Hongkong (1 Holding(s)):
Hongkong (Ocean Park)
Indonesia (1 Holding(s)):
Lembang (Park & Zoo)
Israel (3 Holding(s)):
Haifa (Educational Zoo & Botanical Garden)
Jeruschalajim (The Tisch Family Zoological Gardens)
Ramat Gan (Zoological Center Tel-Aviv)
Japan (10 Holding(s)):
Hirakawacho (Hirakawa Zoo)
Ito (Izu Shaboten Zoo)
Kawasaki (Kawasui Aquarium)
Kobe (Animal Kingdom)
Musashino (Inokashira Park Zoo)
Saitama (Childrens Zoo)
Toba (Aquarium)
Toyohashi (Zoo)
Yokohama (Hakkeijima Sea Paradise)
Yokohama (Kanazawa Zoological Gardens)
Kazakhstan (1 Holding(s)):
Almaty (Zoo)
Malaysia (1 Holding(s)):
Ampang (National Zoo / Zoo Negara)
Philippines (1 Holding(s)):
Manila (Manila Zoo)
Singapore (1 Holding(s)):
Singapore (River Wonders)
Sri Lanka (1 Holding(s)):
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (Dehiwala Zoo (Colombo Zoo))
South Korea (2 Holding(s)):
Seoul (Zoo)
Yongin (Everland)
Taiwan (1 Holding(s)):
Taipei (Zoo)
Thailand (1 Holding(s)):
Bang Phra (Khao Kheow Open Zoo)
Turkey (4 Holding(s)):
Bayramoglu (Faruk Yalcin Zoo)
Bursa (Zoo)
Eskisehir (Büyüksehir Belediyesi Hayvanat Bahçesi)
Istanbul (Akvaryum Florya)
United Arab Emirates (1 Holding(s)):
Abu Dhabi (National Aquarium)
Holding(s): 29
Australia and Oceania
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Australia (7 Holding(s)):
Bungarribee (Sydney Zoo)
Cudlee Creek (Gorge Wildlife Park)
Currumbin (Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary)
Darlington Point (Altina Wildlife Park)
Riverside (Tasmania Zoo)
Sydney (Taronga Zoo)
Wyong Creek (Central Coast Zoo)
New Zealand (3 Holding(s)):
Christchurch (Willowbank Wildlife Reserve)
New Plymouth (Brooklands Zoo)
Wellington (Zoo)
Holding(s): 10
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