Myocastor coypus (Molina 1782)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Myocastoridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1593-1593 : 1593

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scientific name	Myocastor coypus (Molina 1782)
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[Mus] coypus Molina 1782 , Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile: 287.

Type Locality: Chile, Santiago Prov., Rio Maipo.

Vernacular Names: Coypu.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Myocastor coypus subsp. coypus Molina 1782

Subspecies Myocastor coypus subsp. bonariensis Geoffroy 1805

Subspecies Myocastor coypus subsp. melanops Osgood 1943

Subspecies Myocastor coypus subsp. sanctaecruzae Hollister 1914

Distribution: S Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Boliva, Argentina, Chile.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: Widely introduced into North America, Europe, N Asia, and E Africa. The common name coypu is preferable to nutria, since nutria in Spanish means otter. The species and subspecies were reviewed by Woods et al. (1992).