Lesser Capybara vs erva-tostão

Hydrochoerus isthmius compared with Boerhavia diffusa

Key Differences

• Lesser Capybara is Data Deficient while erva-tostão is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Capybara	erva-tostão
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Caviidae	Nyctaginaceae
Genus	Hydrochoerus	Boerhavia
Species	Hydrochoerus isthmius	Boerhavia diffusa

Conservation Status

Lesser Capybara

DD — Data Deficient

erva-tostão

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Capybara	erva-tostão
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.

erva-tostão

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (7 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia