Mass: 58 kg based on Campos-Krauer et al. 2014 and Ferraz et al. 2005
Diet: grazer-browser based on Borges and Colares 2007
Abundance: 0.06 to 36.86% (median 1.03%)
Latitudinal range: -31.2° to 4.8°Habitats: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (6), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical savanna (7), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)
Found in 20 samples
Brazil: Fazenda Cauaia (camera trapping), Estrada do Porto (2005), Tapiraí and Piedade Municipalities, Humaitá Forest Reserve, Augusto Ruschi Biological Reserve, Ibicuí River, Quedas do Rio Bonito Ecological Park (camera trapping), Reserva Natural Vale (year 1), Reserva Natural Vale (year 3), Reserva Natural Vale (year 4), Iguaçu National Park, Formosa Military Training Area, Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Recanto das Antas, Sertão Veredas-Peruaçu mosaic
Colombia: Palmar de Altamira (bosque), Palmar de Altamira (sabana), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2009), Palmar de Altamira (palmar 2011-2012), Laguna del Petrolero
Uruguay: Rivera (gallery forest)
| ♀ body mass | 56000 kg | N = 1 | Campos-Krauer et al. 2014 |
| ♀ body mass | 56000 kg | N = 1 | Campos-Krauer et al. 2014 |
| ♀ body mass | 62000 kg | N = 6 | Ferraz et al. 2005 |
| ♂ body mass | 82000 kg | N = 1 | Campos-Krauer et al. 2014 |
| ♂ body mass | 52000 kg | N = 1 | Campos-Krauer et al. 2014 |
| ♂ body mass | 64000 kg | N = 1 | Campos-Krauer et al. 2014 |
| ♂ body mass | 54060 kg | N = 9 | Ferraz et al. 2005 |
See also Hydrochoerus