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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: 465289
  Adult
Chascomús
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/23/2021
Luis Carlos De Volder
Foto
Photography ID: 459507
  Adult
Ranchos
Buenos Aires
Argentina
09/22/2021
Luis Carlos De Volder
Foto
Photography ID: 197787
  Adult
Ministro Rivadavia
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/01/2017
Luis Carlos De Volder
Foto
Photography ID: 143940
  Adult
Ruta 205
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/23/2016
Luis Carlos De Volder



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
173282409/03/2023ArgentinaRío NegroSeccional Mascardi, Parque Nacional Nahuel HuapiLuis Carlos De Volder
147377823/09/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna del Burro, ChascomúsLuis Carlos De Volder
146721222/09/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna de Ranchos y alrededores, RanchosLuis Carlos De Volder
56315201/04/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresMinistro RivadaviaLuis Carlos De Volder
48577203/10/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresValneario, Maria Ignacia (est. Vela)Luis Carlos De Volder
41785423/03/2016ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna en kilómetro 200, Ruta 205Luis Carlos De Volder
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Coypu (Myocastor coypus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 05/04/2026.