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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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Foto
Photography ID: 407147
♂ ♀ Belén de Escobar
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/24/2018
Tomás Hancke
Foto
Photography ID: 407146
♂  Adult
Belén de Escobar
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/31/2018
Tomás Hancke
Foto
Photography ID: 407140
♂  Adult
Belén de Escobar
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/11/2018
Tomás Hancke



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
127866724/07/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresBarrio El Cantón, Belén de EscobarTomás Hancke
127866631/05/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresBarrio El Cantón, Belén de EscobarTomás Hancke
127866011/05/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresBarrio El Cantón, Belén de EscobarTomás Hancke
74777407/11/2010ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Tomás Hancke
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Coypu (Myocastor coypus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 22/03/2026.