Lesser Capybara vs amor-de-campo-sujo

Hydrochoerus isthmius compared with Desmodium incanum

Key Differences

• Lesser Capybara is Data Deficient while amor-de-campo-sujo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Lesser Capybara	amor-de-campo-sujo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Caviidae	Fabaceae
Genus	Hydrochoerus	Desmodium
Species	Hydrochoerus isthmius	Desmodium incanum

Conservation Status

Lesser Capybara

DD — Data Deficient

amor-de-campo-sujo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Lesser Capybara	amor-de-campo-sujo
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.

amor-de-campo-sujo

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (10 countries), Asia (Japan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (12 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia