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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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GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)30/04/2017Román Montero



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 681757
  Immature
Gral madriaga
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/17/2026
Celina Emilia Iratchet
Foto
Photography ID: 679681
  Adult
Chascomús
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/05/2026
Gabriel Gorrín Armas
Foto
Photography ID: 675681
  Juvenile
Puerto de San Isidro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/29/2026
Andrea Casaburi
Foto
Photography ID: 675600
  Juvenile
Puerto de San Isidro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/23/2026
Andrea Casaburi
Foto
Photography ID: 669973
 Tandil
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/02/2026
Liliana Rubilar Puerta
Foto
Photography ID: 658933
  Juvenile
Sierra de la Ventana
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/22/2025
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 652135
  Adult
Coronel Suárez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/14/2025
Facundo Moyano Peña
Foto
Photography ID: 652016
♂ ♀ Tandil
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/11/2025
Filippo Riffaldi
Foto
Photography ID: 646072
  Adult
Lezama
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/26/2014
Hernán Tolosa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244708314/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Pampas de Anguyá Tutú, General LavalleAlec Earnshaw
243924226/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural del PilarDolores Fernandez
245673417/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresLa Mansa, Gral madriagaCelina Emilia Iratchet
243455216/02/202619:05ArgentinaBuenos AiresColectora Oeste Ramal Escobar 313, Belén de Escobar1Jorge La Grotteria
243453916/02/202619:05ArgentinaBuenos AiresColectora Oeste Ramal Escobar 313, Belén de Escobar1María Alejandra Sosa
243195408/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna Los Coscorobas, TandilLiliana Rubilar Puerta
242700702/02/202618:18ArgentinaBuenos AiresPortal Escobar - Jumbo, Belén de Escobar1Jorge La Grotteria
243991329/01/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresCenav, Puerto de San IsidroAndrea Casaburi
242465228/01/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna Los Coscorobas, TandilLiliana Rubilar Puerta
243979123/01/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresCenav, Puerto de San IsidroAndrea Casaburi
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Coypu (Myocastor coypus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 12/04/2026.