1. CAPYBARAS
Antonio Romero

2. Table of Contents

3. Habitat
 South America, Argentine, Venezuela, Peru, Amazon
 Lots of water where they live
 Habitat is 24 to 49 acres
 Hot where they live
 Uses their habitat for danger
 Live in farms because their habitat is being destroyed
 Flooded grass lands

4. Food and Water
 Herbivores
 Plants from water
 Eats six to eight pounds
 Don’t eat in the same place
 Eat grains, melons, and squashes
 Chew tough bark to keep their teeth from becoming too long
 Eat their droppings
 Need special bacteria to make plants nutritious
 Hard to digest grass
 Choose food carefully

5. Daily Behaviors
 Active at Night
 They search food when in cool day
 Plunges into the water at any sign of danger
 Foxes, vultures, jaguars, caimans are predators
 Humans are also predators
 Rest in water
 Use water to hide
 Young in the middle when in danger
 Water protects their skin
 Both feed their young
 Only have babies in dry season
 Too hot for capybaras to stay active in the day
 Are peaceful and social
 Males have great senses
 They mate before the rain

6. Family Structure
 Male is the leader
 Male and females look alike
 Can be up to 100 capybaras in the herd
 Enjoy being in groups
 There is only one male in a small family
 Females can have 6 to 1 babies
 In dry season a group might gather with other groups to form a
herd
 Baby capybaras can be up to two pounds
 Often chooses her mate

7. Interesting Facts
 Born alive
 Worlds largest rodent
 Web feet
 Weigh up to 60 to 100 pounds
 Capybaras can gallop as fast as a horse
 They only mate with one male
 Eat hay
 They have 3 toes in back and 4 in the front

8. Bibliography Format
C. Richard , Taylor the World Book Encyclopedia. Chicago: World Book,2008.