Capybara

species of large semiaquatic rodent in the cavy family
Taxon taxon Q131538
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Capybara

Summary

Capybara is a taxon[1]. Capybara ranks in the top 0.0072% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,819 views/month, #14 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Capybara's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Capybara is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Capybara's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Capybara is classified within Hydrochoerus[6].
  • Capybara's scientific name is Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris[7].
  • Capybara's Commons category is recorded as Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris[8].
  • Capybara's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris[9].
  • Capybara's Commons gallery is recorded as Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris[10].
  • Capybara's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • Capybara's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
  • Capybara's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Capybara's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Capybara's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Capybara's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[16].
  • Capybara's original combination is recorded as Sus hydrochaeris[17].
  • Capybara's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'id', 'text': 'masbro'}[18].
  • Capybara's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[19].
  • Capybara's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'H. hydrochaeris'}[20].
  • Capybara is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Capybara'}[21].
  • Capybara is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Capibara'}[22].
  • Capybara is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kapybara'}[23].
  • Capybara is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Kapivar'}[24].
  • Capybara is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Capibara'}[25].
  • Capybara is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wasserschwein'}[26].
  • Capybara is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Capibara'}[27].

Body

Classification

Capybara's scientific name is Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris[7]. Capybara is classified at the rank of species[4]. Capybara is classified within Hydrochoerus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Capybara'}[21], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'Capibara'}[22], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'kapybara'}[23], {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Kapivar'}[24], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Capibara'}[25], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Wasserschwein'}[26].

Identifiers

Capybara's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 74442[28]. Capybara's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10149[29]. Capybara's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 326517[30]. Capybara's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5786666[31]. Capybara's ITIS TSN is recorded as 825303[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Capybara include El Chigüire Bipolar[33], a website[34], in Venezuela[35], founded in 2008[36].

Why It Matters

Capybara ranks in the top 0.0072% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,819 views/month, #14 of 195,241).[2] Capybara has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Capybara is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for Capybara include El Chigüire Bipolar[33], a website[34], in Venezuela[35], founded in 2008[36].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . knowyourmeme.com. knowyourmeme.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Capybara. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/capybara
MLA “Capybara.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/capybara.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_capybara_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Capybara}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/capybara}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Capybara — https://4ort.xyz/entity/capybara (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/capybara · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) alpha male.JPG, Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrachaeris) female and young suckl
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) alpha male.JPG"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.