Biometric features of the capybara´s body and small intestine Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus, 1766 (Mammalia, Rodentia, Hydrochaeridae)

Biometric aspects of the body were analyzed, as well as some aspects of the small intestine of the capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris wild species, particularly those that have been provoking economic interest in meat and leather production. Data such as age, corporal weight and length and thoracic...

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Main Authors: Tarcízio Antônio Rego de Paula, Cláudio César Fonseca, Sirlene Souza Rodrigues, Juliano Vogas Peixoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2006-09-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume193/p79a86.pdf