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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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

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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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Myocastoridae

Genus

Myocastor

Loc

Myocastor coypus (Molina 1782)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Mus] coypus

Molina 1782: 287
1782
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