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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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Photography ID: 209493
  Adult
Ensenada
Buenos Aires
Argentina
10/22/2016
Diego Varales



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
133068614/12/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresLago del Fuerte, Tandil1Diego Varales
96107518/08/2019ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Municipal Martín Rodriguez, Ensenada1Diego Varales
78062715/07/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna Vitel, Chascomús1Diego Varales
69067602/02/2018ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresReserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)1Diego Varales
58988522/10/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de los Patos, EnsenadaDiego Varales
26727204/04/2015ArgentinaBuenos AiresCañada Arregui, MagdalenaDiego Varales
31098207/07/2012ArgentinaBuenos AiresIgnacio CorreasDiego Varales
5506515/10/2011ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de los Patos, EnsenadaDiego Varales
2311125/04/2008ArgentinaBuenos AiresParque Pereyra IraolaDiego Varales
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Coypu (Myocastor coypus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 29/03/2026.