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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: 496514
  Adult
Punta Indio
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/11/2022
Facundo Quintela
Foto
Photography ID: 265526
♂  Adult
Punta Indio
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/19/2018
Facundo Quintela
Foto
Photography ID: 144755
  Adult
Puán
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/27/2016
Facundo Quintela



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Video ID: 3225
♂  Adult
Punta Indio
Buenos Aires
Argentina
05/19/2018
Facundo Quintela



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
159534711/06/2022ArgentinaBuenos AiresPunta IndioFacundo Quintela
142963303/07/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresPunta Indio2Facundo Quintela
134152303/01/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresGeneral Lavalle25Facundo Quintela
132525007/12/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresPunta Indio1Facundo Quintela
130834007/11/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresPunta Indio1Facundo Quintela
113282417/11/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresMontiel (-35,240165, -57,296232), Punta Indio1Facundo Quintela
75790919/05/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresPunta IndioFacundo Quintela
46611614/08/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresPunta IndioFacundo Quintela
41994727/03/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresPuánFacundo Quintela
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Citation recommended:

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