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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: 533065
  Adult
Parque Nacional Los Alerces
Chubut
Argentina
01/13/2023
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 418178
  Adult
San Martin de las Escobas
Santa Fe
Argentina
11/08/2020
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 410521
  Adult
Río Monje
Santa Fe
Argentina
08/01/2020
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 331987
 Melincué
Santa Fe
Argentina
05/12/2019
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 330443
 Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
05/01/2019
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 304020
  Adult
Funes
Santa Fe
Argentina
12/13/2018
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 301827
  Adult
Parque Nacional Pre-Delta
Entre Ríos
Argentina
12/01/2018
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 293071
  Adult
Rosario
Santa Fe
Argentina
10/20/2018
Andrés Cecconi
Foto
Photography ID: 273335
 Arroyo Seco
Santa Fe
Argentina
06/29/2018
Andrés Cecconi



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
175731213/01/2023ArgentinaChubutSendero a Puerto Chucao, Río Arrayanes., Parque Nacional Los AlercesAndrés Cecconi
130850208/11/2020ArgentinaSanta FeCava ruta, San Martin de las EscobasAndrés Cecconi
152309601/08/2020ArgentinaSanta FeRío MonjeAndrés Cecconi
95639603/08/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresCostanera, San Nicolás de los ArroyosAndrés Cecconi
92266312/05/2019ArgentinaSanta FeMelincuéAndrés Cecconi
91808901/05/2019ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasAndrés Cecconi
85408713/12/2018ArgentinaSanta FeReserva Ecológica San Jorge, FunesAndrés Cecconi
84951201/12/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosParque Nacional Pre-DeltaAndrés Cecconi
82374620/10/2018ArgentinaSanta FeBosque de los Constituyentes, RosarioAndrés Cecconi
78195921/07/2018ArgentinaEntre RíosTraza puente Rosario Victoria, Puente Rosario VictoriaAndrés Cecconi
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Citation recommended:

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