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Morphology and Reproductive Physiology of Female Capybaras

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Despite an abundant and diverse literature on the biology and reproductive management of capybaras, there is no detailed description of the morphophysiology of the urogenital system of the species in particular or, indeed, the hystricomorph rodents in general. This rodent group, which includes the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera), cane rat (Thryonomysspp.), paca (Cuniculus paca), rock cavy (Kerodonspp.), and agouti (Dasyproctaspp.), could be regarded as monophyletic, based on placental structure alone (Luckett and Mossman 1981).

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The authors thank CNPq, FAPESP, and CAPES for financial support.

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  1. Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-270, Brazil

    Maria Angélica Miglino & Claudia Kanashiro

  2. Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Av. Colombo 5790, Maringá, 87020-900, Paraná, Brazil

    Tatiana Carlesso dos Santos

  3. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, s/n Bairro Coxipó, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, 78060-600, Brazil

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Miglino, M.A., dos Santos, T.C., Kanashiro, C., dos Santos Ferraz, R.H. (2013). Morphology and Reproductive Physiology of Female Capybaras. In: Moreira, J., Ferraz, K., Herrera, E., Macdonald, D. (eds) Capybara. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4000-0_7

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