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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 coypus (Molina, 1782)

SA, England, France, Germany, Caucasus, Turkestan, Asia Minor, Japan. See [About maps] Rämemajava Nutria Coypu
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

Escaped from fur farms outside South America.

28.1.1998 (1)

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