Myocastor

Myocastor
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Myocastorini
Genus: Myocastor
Kerr, 1792
Species
  • Myocastor coypus
  • †Myocastor columnaris
  • †Myocastor obesus
  • †Myocastor paranensis

Myocastor is a genus of rodent that contains the living nutria (or coypu), as well as several fossil species.

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