Levantamento bibliográfico sobre comportamento reprodutivo de Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Caroline Vargas dos
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Araújo, Helena Rodrigues de, Santos, Israel Gonzaga Aparecido dos, Pena, Lilian Alves de Oliveira, Sousa, Luana Aparecida Balieiro Cavalcante de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório do Centro Universitário Braz Cubas
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.cruzeirodosul.edu.br/handle/123456789/3184
• topic: Comportamento sexual animal; Comportamento social; CNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS

Capybaras are semi-aquatic rodents, known as the bigger rodents in the world. They are animals that live in social groups where there is a dominant male in a group of females. About reproductive behavior, they are territorial animals, and only the dominant male has priority in copulation. They have different glands for marking territory, one at the nose and the anal glands, both are used by male and female capybara. This article brings a bibliographic survey on the reproductive behavior of capybaras, their territorial behavior and courtship.