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Myocastor coypus (coypu)
Taxonomy
Mus coypus was named by Molina (1782). It is extant. It is the type species of Myocastor.
It was recombined as Myopotamus coypus by Waterhouse (1848); it was misspelled as Myopotamus coypu by Giebel (1883); it was recombined as Myocastor coypus by Allen (1895), Woods et al. (1992), Elissamburu and Vizcaíno (2004).
It was recombined as Myopotamus coypus by Waterhouse (1848); it was misspelled as Myopotamus coypu by Giebel (1883); it was recombined as Myocastor coypus by Allen (1895), Woods et al. (1992), Elissamburu and Vizcaíno (2004).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1782 | Mus coypus Molina |
| 1805 | Myopotamus bonariensis Saint-Hilaire p. 82 |
| 1841 | Mastonotus popelairi Wesmael |
| 1848 | Myopotamus coypus Waterhouse p. 297 |
| 1883 | Myopotamus coypu Giebel p. 512 |
| 1895 | Myocastor coypus Allen p. 181 |
| 1992 | Myocastor coypus Woods et al. p. 1 |
| 2004 | Myocastor coypus Elissamburu and Vizcaíno |
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Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 [coypu]
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Invalid names: Mastonotus popelairi Wesmael 1841 [synonym], Myocastor perditus Ameghino 1902 [objective synonym], Myopotamus bonariensis Saint-Hilaire 1805 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available