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, Humaitâ 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, Sertäo 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)

See also Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris