Lesser Capybara vs Monkey Apple

Hydrochoerus isthmius compared with Annona glabra

Key Differences

• Lesser Capybara is Data Deficient while Monkey Apple is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Capybara	Monkey Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Caviidae	Annonaceae
Genus	Hydrochoerus	Annona
Species	Hydrochoerus isthmius	Annona glabra

Conservation Status

Lesser Capybara

DD — Data Deficient

Monkey Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Capybara	Monkey Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Lesser Capybara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Venezuela.

Monkey Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Guinea, Seychelles), Asia (6 countries), North America (Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia