Diet Overlap

Trichechus manatus (West Indian Manatee)
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Capybara)

Common Diet

Pontederia crassipes (common water hyacinth)

Common Habitat

Florida Peninsula
Parque Nacional Canaima

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Consumption of Aquatic Plants by the West Indian Manatee, Kay Etheridge, G. B. Rathbun, J. A. Powell, and H. I. Kochman, J. Aquat. Plant Manage. 23: 21-25 (1985)
♦ 2Feeding Habits of Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Linnaeus 1766), in the Ecological Reserve of Taim (ESEC - Taim) - South of Brazil, Lucélia do Valle Borges and Ioni Gonçalves Colares, Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, Vol.50, n. 3 : pp.409-416 May 2007