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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: 658933
  Juvenile
Sierra de la Ventana
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/22/2025
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 521706
  Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
12/17/2022
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 216686
  Adult
Valle del Rio Collon Cura
Neuquén
Argentina
09/01/2017
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 164524
  Adult
Valle del Rio Malleo
Neuquén
Argentina
08/28/2016
Eduardo Cusano



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
238266722/10/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresSierra de la VentanaEduardo Cusano
170697017/12/2022ArgentinaEntre RíosCamino a 4 Hermanas, CeibasEduardo Cusano
148867624/10/2021ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Eduardo Cusano
143814031/07/2021ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Eduardo Cusano
60751001/09/2017ArgentinaNeuquénCercanias del Cerrito Piñon, Valle del Rio Collon CuraEduardo Cusano
51313809/12/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Eduardo Cusano
50510720/11/2016ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Eduardo Cusano
49890805/11/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Eduardo Cusano
49745730/10/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Natural Municipal Ribera Norte (San Isidro)Eduardo Cusano
49735529/10/2016ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibasEduardo Cusano
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Coypu (Myocastor coypus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.