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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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Latest feeding records
Is consumed, preyed upon or captured by
GroupSpeciesDateUser
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)20/04/2024Diego Carus
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)22/07/2017Silvia Sokolovsky
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)22/06/2017Diego A. Bastías
BirdsCarancho (Caracara plancus)30/04/2017Román Montero



Number of Photography: 737

Foto
Photography ID: 679681
  Adult
Chascomús
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/05/2026
Gabriel Gorrín Armas
Foto
Photography ID: 675871
  Juvenile
Villa Traful
Neuquén
Argentina
12/07/2025
Ariel Alejandro Vazquez
Foto
Photography ID: 675870
  Adult
Villa Traful
Neuquén
Argentina
12/06/2025
Ariel Alejandro Vazquez
Foto
Photography ID: 675869
  Adult
Villa Traful
Neuquén
Argentina
12/06/2025
Ariel Alejandro Vazquez
Foto
Photography ID: 675681
  Juvenile
Puerto de San Isidro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/29/2026
Andrea Casaburi
Foto
Photography ID: 675600
  Juvenile
Puerto de San Isidro
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/23/2026
Andrea Casaburi
Foto
Photography ID: 674015
  Adult
Altas cumbres
Córdoba
Argentina
01/22/2026
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 669973
 Tandil
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/02/2026
Liliana Rubilar Puerta



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Number of Films: 20


Video ID: 6612
  Adult
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Argentina
04/04/2025
Pablo Capovilla
Video ID: 6268
  Juvenile
Casilda
Santa Fe
Argentina
05/07/2024
Claudia Alejandra Nigro
Video ID: 5448
  Adult
Turdera
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/04/2022
Claudia Mora



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Number of Records: 1609



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
245238726/03/2026ArgentinaEntre RíosPerdices1Diego Oscar
244708314/03/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Pampas de Anguyá Tutú, General LavalleAlec Earnshaw
244573308/03/2026ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresLaguna de los Coipos, Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (RECS)Andrea Casaburi
244735326/02/2026ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresLago de regatas, Bosques de PalermoPaola Finelli
243924226/02/2026ArgentinaBuenos AiresReserva Natural del PilarDolores Fernandez
243455216/02/202619:05ArgentinaBuenos AiresColectora Oeste Ramal Escobar 313, Belén de Escobar1Jorge La Grotteria
243453916/02/202619:05ArgentinaBuenos AiresColectora Oeste Ramal Escobar 313, Belén de Escobar1María Alejandra Sosa
243452616/02/202618:50ArgentinaCórdobaCamino sin nombrar1Gustavo Fernando Durán
243439116/02/202617:14ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas2Jorge La Grotteria
243432716/02/202617:14ArgentinaEntre RíosCeibas2María Alejandra Sosa
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Citation recommended:

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