Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Rodentia > Suborder Hystricognathi > Family Myocastoridae > Genus Myocastor

Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mus Linnaeus, 1766

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Genus group names

*Myocastor*	Kerr, 1792	accepted genus name

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Dutch: Beverrat sources: Dutch Species Register

English: Coypu sources: Charles Hussey

Norwegian Bokmål: beverrotte; nutria; sumpbever sources: Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile: 287

Norwegian Nynorsk: beverrotte; nutria; sumpbever sources: Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile: 287

Swedish: sumpbäver

Turkish: Koypu; Su maymunu

Welsh: coipw

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Citation

Prof. Dr. Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/fc37cfff-f8e9-499a-81da-941476cc718e

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