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Capybaras and the Great American Interchange by Gustavo Oliveira is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The article discusses the identification of a new capybara species, Phugatherium dichroplax, which is the first evidence of a South American lineage of capybaras crossing into North America during the Great American Biotic Interchange. This finding extends the biochron of the genus into the Early Pleistocene and suggests a more complex evolutionary history for capybaras than previously understood. The research highlights the significance of capybaras in understanding the biotic interchange between North and

Author
Gustavo Oliveira
Language
EN