Coypu
Myocastor coypus
Also known as: Nutria
Habitat
Ground
Diet
PlantSeed
Active Time
Nocturnal
Size
6.9 kg
LCMammaliaRodentiaMyocastoridae
Seasonal Activity
130,928 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Myocastoridae
Traits
- Diet
- PlantSeed
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Body mass
- 6.9 kg
Photo
(c) stanze, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Occurrence data from GBIF.