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NRLD - 83582 | Myocastor coypus

Assessment ID
83582
Taxon name
Myocastor coypus
(Molina, 1782)
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Myocastor coypus
(Molina, 1782)
Common name(s)
nutria, coipo
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
rodentia
Family
echimyidae
Genus
Myocastor
Species
coypus
Species authority
(Molina, 1782)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Argentina
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Argentina
Country ISO code(s)
ARG
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
RBpm
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2000
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Diaz, G.B., Ojeda, R.A. (eds). 2000. Libro Rojo de los mamíferos Amenazados de la Argentina. 2000. Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos, SAREM. 106 pp.
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (1994) IUCN Red List Categories prepared by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Swizterland and Cambridge, UK. 21pp
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.sarem.org.ar/mediawiki/index.php/Libro_Rojo_de_los_Mam%C3%ADferos_Amenazados
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Libro Rojo de los Mamíferos Amenazados de la Argentina
Diaz, G.B. and R.A. Ojeda, editors. 2000. Libro Rojo de los Mamíferos Amenazados de la Argentina. Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos, SAREM. 106 pp.