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Marmot vs Capybara - What's the difference?

marmot | capybara |

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)
  • Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and in the squirrel family.
  • 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

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A semi-aquatic South American rodent, , the largest living rodent.
  • * 1876 , , The Three Lieutenants , 2010, 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."
  • * 1914 , , Through the Brazilian Wilderness , 2004, page 53,
  • 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.
  • * 2009 , The Illustrated Atlas of Wildlife , page 106,
  • 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.

    Derived terms

    * lesser capybara ()

    References