Lesser Capybara

Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	20–30%
2	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
3	Tayrona National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	Insufficient data
4	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data
5	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Lesser Capybara in Soberanía National Park?

About 29% of visitor-days record a Lesser Capybara sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 95 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Lesser Capybara in Soberanía National Park?

December has the highest sighting rate for Lesser Capybara in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.