Myocastor

Myocastor Kerr, 1792

Myocastor Kerr, 1792; The animal kingdom ... : 225; TS: Mus coypus Molina
Myopotamus É. Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, 1805; Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 6: 82; TS: Myopotamus bonariensis É. Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire

Myocastor; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782) SA, England, France, Germany, Caucasus, Turkestan, Asia Minor, Japan. See [maps] Coypu Rämemajava Nutria
- Mus coypus Molina, 1782; ; TL: Chile
- Myopotamus bonariensis É. Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, 1805; Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 6: 82; TL: Argentina
- Myocastor coypus santacruzae Hollister, 1914; Proc. Biol Soc. Washington 27: 57; TL: North bank of Rio Salado, near Los Palmares, Santa Fé, Argentina
- Myocastor coypus bonariensis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- Myocastor coypus coypus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- Myocastor coypus melanops; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- Myocastor coypus sanctaecruzae; [iNaturalist]
- Myocastor coypus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Escaped from fur farms outside South America.

Unmatched external taxa

Myocastor perditus; [iNaturalist]

28.1.1998 (1)

References:

[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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