Diet Overlap

Trichechus inunguis (Amazonian Manatee)
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Capybara)

Common Diet

Echinochloa polystachya (creeping rivergrass)
Hymenachne amplexicaulis (West Indian marsh grass)
Paspalum fasciculatum (Mexican crowngrass)
Pontederia crassipes (common water hyacinth)

Common Habitat

Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve
Reserva de la Biosfera de Yasuni

Attributes / relations provided by
1Food Plants Eaten by Amazonian Manatees (Trichechus inunguis, Mammalia : Sirenia), Ioni G. Colares and Elton P. Colares, Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, Vol. 45, N. 1 : pp. 67 - 72, March, 2002
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
3Animals of the Rainforest
4HABITOS DE DESPLAZAMIENTO Y DIETA DEL CAPIBARA (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) EN LA AMAZONIA COLOMBIANA, Maria C. Arteaga, Jeffrey P. Jorgenson, Mastozoología Neotropical, 14(1):11-17, Mendoza, 2007