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Coypu

Myocastor coypus
(Molina, 1782)
Coipo
Ratão-do-banhado
Family: Echimyidae
Order: Rodentia
Class: Mammalia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status: Least Concern

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 228843
  Adult
La Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
11/19/2017
Gustavo Adolfo Herrera
Foto
Photography ID: 24624
  Adult
La Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/05/2010
Carlos Hugo Amerio
Foto
Photography ID: 19984
  Adult
La Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/06/2011
José Luis Lamela



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
64261619/11/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresPaseo del Bosque, La PlataGustavo Adolfo Herrera
5391006/08/2011ArgentinaBuenos AiresPaseo del Bosque, La PlataJosé Luis Lamela
6753205/06/2010ArgentinaBuenos AiresLa PlataCarlos Hugo Amerio
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Coypu (Myocastor coypus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 17/03/2026.