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Taxon: Species Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782) R. Kerr, 1792 - coypu (mammal)

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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Myocastoridae

Original position

Myocastor (Genus) Kerr, 1792

Current position

Myocastor (Genus) Kerr, 1792

Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 806.

Historical positions

*Myocastor* (Genus) Kerr, 1792	Ref: C.A. Woods, 1993: 806.
*Myocastor* (Genus) Kerr, 1792	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 203.
*Myocastor* (Genus) Kerr, 1792	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1053.
*Myocastor* (Genus) Kerr, 1792	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 593.

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