Tupi, whose sex will be determined in February, was named after the Indigenous tribe of the Amazon River Basin, where capybaras are native. It's the Tupi tribe that gave the species its name ...

A sign above Tupi’s habitat depicted the capybara on a boat and read: “Ahoy! It’s a boy!” Tupi could be seen feasting on watermelon and other snacks with the other two capybaras inside the ...

Specifically, Alex Pereira belongs to the Pataxó tribe, which is indigenous to Bahia, Brazil. Ironically, his alias, 'Poatan,' which means 'Stone Hands' in Old Tupi, an extinct language ...