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Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Myocastoridae - coypus

Scientific synonyms

Mus coypus Molina, 1782

Other names

= Coypu

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IUCN category:Least Concern

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Myocastor coypus - Nutria

Author: Michal Mudra

Myocastor coypus - Nutria

Author: McMammal

Myocastor coypus - Nutria

Author: Pavel Zuber

Myocastor coypus - Nutria

Myocastor coypus - Nutria

Myocastor coypus - Nutria

Myocastor coypus - Nutria

Myocastor coypus - Nutria

Myocastor coypus - Nutria

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Taxon in country check-lists*

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Czech Republici, Paraguay, Slovakiai, Uruguay

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 4

subspecies Myocastor coypus bonariensis Geoffroy, 1805
subspecies Myocastor coypus coypus (Molina, 1782)
subspecies Myocastor coypus melanops Osgood, 1943
subspecies Myocastor coypus sanctaecruzae Hollister, 1914

Links and literature

CZ Natura Bohemica - Příroda České republiky [myocastor-coypus]
Trnka F. (ed.): Natura Bohemica - Příroda České republiky [http://www.naturabohemica.cz]
EN ARKive [/coypu/myocastor-coypus/]
ARKive [http://www.arkive.org]
Data retrieved on: 2010/12/16
EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [305556] [as Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)]
de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Data retrieved on: 2012/03/09
EN Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) [99]
Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) [http://www.issg.org/database]
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [14085] [as Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Myocastor coypus Molina, 1782]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)]
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