Entungiyar rodent ta ƙunshi adadi da yawa na wakilai daban-daban, amma mafi ban sha'awa, kyakkyawa da halaye na musamman shine capybara. Sunan dabba na biyu shine capybara. Dabbobi masu shayarwa suna da ruwa kusa da ruwa kuma sune manyan ɓarasa a doron ƙasa. Mafi kusancin dangin dabbar su ne aladun dutse da na guinea, da chinchillas, nutria da agouti. Kuna iya saduwa da capybara a Amurka, Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay da sauran ƙasashe. Rikicin ya fi son zama a gabar ruwan, amma bai fi 1000 m sama da matakin teku ba.
Babban halaye na capybara
Da farko kallo, capybara yayi kama da wata babbar alade. Manya suna da babban kai, daddaɗi mara fa'ida, gajerun kunnuwa, kanana, manya-manyan idanu. Capybaras ana rarrabe su da babban jiki, gajerun gabobi waɗanda suka ƙare tare da yatsun yanar gizo. Latterarshen na da gajere amma masu ƙarfi sosai. Wannan nau'in jinsin bashi da jela.
Capybara ya girma zuwa 60 cm a tsayi, baligi ya kai mita 1.3 a tsayin jiki. Mata sun fi girma, nauyinsu na iya kaiwa daga 34 zuwa 65 kilogiram. Duk capybaras suna da hakora a adadin guda 20.
Dabbobi suna son yin iyo da nutsuwa da kyau. Duk jikin capybara an lullubeshi da dogon gashi mai tauri. Launin dabba mai shayarwa na iya zama mai launin ruwan kasa-ja ko shuɗi. Yaran dabbobi suna da gashi mai launuka masu haske.
Capybara kyakkyawa ce, kyakkyawa, kyakkyawa mai dabba wacce ke samun yaren gama gari tare da kowa.
Abincin dabbobi da haifuwa
Capybaras shuke-shuke ne masu ciyawa, saboda haka suna cin 'ya'yan itace da kayan marmari, ciyawa da ganye kore, reeds da hatsi, da tsire-tsire na cikin ruwa. Hakanan capybara na iya ciyarwa akan nasa najasa.
A mafi yawan lokuta, balagar jima'i ta capybara tana faruwa ne yayin da dabbar ta kai nauyin kilo 30 (kimanin shekaru 1.5). Ana yin jima'i a tsakiyar zuwa ƙarshen bazara lokacin da lokacin damina ya fara. Idan dabbobi suna cikin koshin lafiya kuma suna rayuwa a yankuna masu arzikin, yin jima'i zai iya karuwa.
Mace na dauke da tayi har zuwa kwanaki 120. Ana haihuwar jarirai ɗaya zuwa takwas a cikin shara. Kubiyoni suna bayyana da fur a jikinsu, buɗe idanu da duk haƙoransu. Na tsawon watanni 3-4, dabbobin suna cin madarar uwa, suna cin ciyawa lokaci-lokaci.
Yaya capybara take rayuwa?
Saboda dabbar tana da ruwa-ruwa, wakilan umarnin beraye sun fi son kasancewa kusa da ruwa. Ana ɗaukar kyawawan halaye a matsayin ruwayen ruwa, bankunan kogi, filayen fadama, yankuna gandun daji da yankunan kusa da tashoshin. Ruwa yana da matsayi na musamman a rayuwar capybara, saboda yana ba da damar sha, iyo da kuma, a lokacin haɗari, ɓoye daga abokan gaba. Shiga cikin kogi ko cikin ruwa, wani capybara yana rage zafin jikinta. Wannan yana da matukar mahimmanci kasancewar gland din baya yin aikin zufa.
Bayan yin iyo, capybaras suna son shakatawa da jin daɗin ciyawar. Dabbobi suna gudu da kyau, na iya tafiya da sauri. Dabbobi masu shayarwa basa rayuwa su kadai. Zasu iya kasancewa tare da babban dangi ko zama tare tare da wanda suka zaɓa. Kowane rukuni yana da babban namiji wanda ke iya yin zafin rai ga sauran mazan. Hakkin "shugaba" ne ya yiwa yankin alama kuma ya tabbatar da lafiyar yan uwa. A saboda wannan, maza suna amfani da gland, wadanda ke shafawa a kan bishiyoyi, dazuzzuka da shuke-shuke, da fitsari.
Rayuwar capybara
Capybaras sun fi tsawon rai a gida (har zuwa shekaru 12); a cikin daji, dabbobi masu shayarwa ba safai suke rayuwa har zuwa shekaru 10 ba.
