Coypu (Myocastor coypus)

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

Subspecies:

Myocastor coypus bonariensis

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Photography ID: 662423
Macha
Córdoba
Argentina
10/11/2025
Federico J. Villegas

Photography ID: 180371
Adult
Ceibas
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/24/2016
Federico J. Villegas

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2397409

11/10/2025

Argentina

Córdoba

Macha

Federico J. Villegas

514635

24/11/2016

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Lagunas 13 km al este de Ceibas, Ceibas

Federico J. Villegas

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