Marmot vs Capybara - What's the difference?
marmot | capybara |
Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and in the squirrel family.
A semi-aquatic South American rodent, , the largest living rodent.
* 1876 , , The Three Lieutenants , 2010,
* 1914 , , Through the Brazilian Wilderness , 2004,
* 2009 , The Illustrated Atlas of Wildlife ,
As nouns the difference between marmot and capybara
is that marmot is any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and genus: Cynomys in the squirrel family while capybara is a semi-aquatic South American rodent, species: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, the largest living rodent.marmot
English
(wikipedia marmot)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
(marmot) * (Alaska marmot) * (alpine marmot) * (black-capped marmot) * (bobak marmot) * (gray marmot) * Himalayan marmot * hoary marmot * (long-tailed marmot) * (marmot squirrel) * (vern, Menzbier's marmot) * (olympic marmot) * (prairie marmot) * (tarbagan marmot) * (Vancouver marmot) * (yellow-bellied marmot)See also
* groundhog * woodchuck ----capybara
English
(wikipedia capybara)Noun
(en noun)page 430,
- “Our fires burned well,” continued Tom, “and we roasted our young capybara to perfection; we only wanted salt and pepper, and an onion or two to make it delicious."
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- It was tenanted by the small caymans and by capybaras - the largest known rodent, a huge aquatic guinea-pig, the size of a small sheep.
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- The largest of all the 1,729 rodent species, the semi-aquatic capybara' is extremely agile in the water, using its partly webbed toes like tiny paddles. Troops containing up to 20 animals live along riverbanks where young ' capybaras are sometimes preyed on by caimans.