Meet Gary, the world's largest pet rodent. A couple in America have adopted a giant rodent the size of a labrador, and even allow it to sleep in their bed. Melanie Typaldos, 57, shares her home in Texas with her pet Gary - the world's largest rodent. The computer programmer and her husband, Richard Loveman, 54, even let the giant guinea pig - known as a capybara - sleep in their bed.
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The largest rodent ever to have lived may have used its front teeth just like an elephant uses its tusks. A comparison of a silhouette of Josephoartigasia monesi with a person and a drawing of a pacarana, its closest living relative Photo: PA.
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World's Largest Rodents On Lam From Toronto Zoo. After escaping from the High Park Zoo in Canada, two capybaras have eluded capture for over three weeks. These capybaras, nicknamed Bonnie and Clyde by the public, are hiding in Toronto. Most people do their best to avoid rodents of unusual size.
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The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a large rodent of the genus Hydrochoerus of which the only other extant member is the lesser capybara (Hydrochoerus isthmius). The capybara is the largest rodent in the world. Close relatives are guinea pigs and rock cavies, and it is more distantly related to the agouti, chinchillas, and the coypu. Native to South America, the capybara inhabits savannas and dense forests and lives near bodies of water.
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The larger the group, the harder it is for the male to watch all the females. Dominant males secure significantly more matings than each subordinate, but subordinate males, as a class, are responsible for more matings than each dominant male. The lifespan of the capybara's sperm is longer than that of other rodents.
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Giant rodent the size of a buffalo roamed earth three million years ago. The largest rodent ever to have lived may have used its front teeth just like an elephant uses its tusks. A guinea pig the size of a buffalo that lived three million years ago had a bite as strong as a tiger's, scientists have learned. Experts believe it may have used its giant rodent teeth in the same way an elephant uses its tusks, to dig for food and defend itself.
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Largest Rodents On Earth. When it comes to the title of the world’s largest living rodent, all bow before the beefy wonder that is the capybara. In the wild, Verdade says capybaras usually top out at 175 pounds (~80 kg), though in captivity some specimens have been known to push past 220 pounds (100 kg). They can grow over four feet long (~1.3 meters), but their build is short, squat, and barrel-like—usually growing no taller than a human thigh.
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6:00AM GMT 04 Feb 2015. A guinea pig the size of a buffalo that lived three million years ago had a bite as strong as a tiger's, scientists have learned. Experts believe it may have used its giant rodent teeth in the same way an elephant uses its tusks, to dig for food and defend itself.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11388282/Giant-rodent-the-size-of-a-buffalo-roamed-earth-three-million-years-ago.html
A couple in America have adopted a giant rodent the size of a labrador, and even allow it to sleep in their bed. 4:15PM BST 21 Jun 2013. Melanie Typaldos, 57, shares her home in Texas with her pet Gary - the world's largest rodent. The computer programmer and her husband, Richard Loveman, 54, even let the giant guinea pig - known as a capybara - sleep in their bed.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/10134979/Meet-Gary-the-worlds-largest-pet-rodent.html
The capybara has a heavy, barrel-shaped body and short head, with reddish-brown fur on the upper part of its body that turns yellowish-brown underneath. Its sweat glands can be found in the surface of the hairy portions of its skin, an unusual trait among rodents.
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largest rodent on earth
Capybara is the largest rodent on the Earth. The capybara is the largest rodent on the earth.