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Myocastor coypus
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Myocastor coypus (Molina 1782)
[Mus] coypus Molina 1782, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile: 287.
Type Locality: Chile, Santiago Prov., Rio Maipo.
Vernacular Names: Coypu.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Myocastor coypus subsp. coypus Molina 1782
Subspecies Myocastor coypus subsp. bonariensis Geoffroy 1805
Subspecies Myocastor coypus subsp. melanops Osgood 1943
Subspecies Myocastor coypus subsp. sanctaecruzae Hollister 1914
Distribution: S Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Boliva, Argentina, Chile.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.
Discussion: Widely introduced into North America, Europe, N Asia, and E Africa. The common name coypu is preferable to nutria, since nutria in Spanish means otter. The species and subspecies were reviewed by Woods et al. (1992).
Notes
Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Myocastoridae, pp. 1593 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1593, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/C159FBEA96AABC257793678D850A1D2E (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/7F21A7E88A1F41DBF689D9E9FD069765 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231545453 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Myocastoridae
- Genus
- Myocastor
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Molina
- Species
- coypus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Molina, G. I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. Stamperia di S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna.
- Osgood, W. H. 1943. The mammals of Chile. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 30: 1 - 268.
- Hollister, N. 1914. A systematic account of the grasshopper mice. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 47: 427 - 489.
- Woods, C. A., L. Contreras, G. Willner-Chapman, and H. P. Whidden. 1992. Myocastor coypus. Mammalian Species, 398: 1 - 8.