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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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Is consumed, preyed upon or captured by
GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)22/07/2017Silvia Sokolovsky



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Photography ID: 559222
  Adult
Navarro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/09/2023
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 474284
  Adult
Navarro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/08/2021
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 435457
♂ ♀  Adult
Roque Perez
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/27/2021
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 423051
  Adult
Navarro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/05/2020
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 261175
  Adult
Luján
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/21/2018
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 200010
  Adult
Olivera
Buenos Aires
Argentina
04/22/2017
Silvia Sokolovsky



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
192630609/12/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna, NavarroSilvia Sokolovsky
151246808/12/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna, NavarroSilvia Sokolovsky
137405527/02/2021ArgentinaBuenos AiresEcoparque laguna de Ratto, Roque PerezSilvia Sokolovsky
132361005/12/2020ArgentinaBuenos AiresLaguna, NavarroSilvia Sokolovsky
74840221/04/2018ArgentinaBuenos AiresCamino a carlos keen, LujánSilvia Sokolovsky
56832922/04/2017ArgentinaBuenos AiresOliveraSilvia Sokolovsky
46315211/08/2016ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresLaguna de los Coipos, Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Silvia Sokolovsky
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Citation recommended:

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