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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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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
53506330/01/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de Monte, San Miguel del Monte1Mauro Carballo
53548031/12/2016ArgentinaChubutParque Nacional Los AlercesMauro Carballo
51895621/12/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresCantera grande, Reserva Natural de Uso Múltiple Isla Martín GarcíaMauro Carballo
37173808/12/2015ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresLaguna de los Coipos, Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Mauro Carballo
31227802/08/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresÁrea Natural Protegida Dique Ingeniero RoggeroMauro Carballo
10422602/10/2010ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna del medio, Parque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Mauro Carballo
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Coypu (Myocastor coypus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 23/03/2026.