Table 6.
Average density and home ranges of the capybara at different locations.
| Average density | Home range (ha) | Location | Reference |
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| 2.06 capybaras/ha (forested area) | Venezuela | [53] | |
| 1.84 capybaras/ha (savanna) | |||
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| 5.43–14.82 capybaras/km2 (campos) | Pantanal, Brazil | [49] | |
| 0.34–1.39 capybaras/km2 (Acurizal) | |||
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| 11.3 | Argentina | [51] | |
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| 5–16.3 | Llanos, Venezuela | [50] | |
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| 583 | Chaco, Paraguay | [45] | |
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| 900 C/LKS (wetlands) | Argentina | [54] | |
| 52.5 C/LKS (protected marshes) | |||
| 50 C/LKS (dirty lagoons) | |||
| 30.7 C/LKS (clean lagoon) | |||
| 27.5 C/LKS (protected cutwater) | |||
| 10.9 C/LKS (light hunting pressure) | |||
| 6.3 C/LKS (gallery forest under light hunting pressure) | |||
| 1.0 C/LKS (heavy hunting pressure) | |||
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| 195 individuals/km2 | Southeastern Brazil | [55] | |