Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 560-594 : 581

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7202024
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scientific name	Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)
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Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782) View in CoL . Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile, p. 287.

TYPE LOCALITY: Chile, Santiago Prov., Rio Maipo .

DISTRIBUTION: S. Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay; Bolivia; Argentina; Chile.

COMMENT: Widely introduced into North America, Europe, N. Asia, and E. Africa (GSM, CAW).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410025001001001.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Myocastoridae
Genus	Myocastor

Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl 1982

1982

Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)

Molina 1782: 287

1782

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