A baby Capybara and it's mother at Paignton Zoo in Devon.
A baby Capybara alongside its mother at the Paignton Zoo in Devon, May 29 2013. Paignton Zoo Environmental Park has welcomed a crop of early summer babies. A capybara was born on 15th May, and the zoo has also welcomed a Brazilian tapir ,a lechwe and a Bornean orang utan. The Capybara, from South America, is the largest rodent in the world, sometimes known as the giant guinea pig. The capybara is not a threatened species, though it is hunted for its meat and hide and also for a grease from its thick fatty skin which is used in the pharmaceutical trade.
Size: 4500px × 3036px
Location: Paignton, Devon, England, UK
Photo credit: © SWNS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: america, animal, baby, capybara, fur, guinea, mammal, newborn, news, pig, rodent, service, south, west, wild, young, zoo
