Myocastor coypus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Hystricomorpha
Infraordo: Hystricognathi
Parvordo: Caviomorpha
Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Myocastoridae
Genus: Myocastor
Species (1 + †2): †M. columnaris – M. coypus – †M. paranaensis

Name

Myocastor Kerr, 1792: 225

  • Type species: Mus coypus Molina, 1782, by subsequent designation by Palmer (1904: 438).

Synonyms

  • Myopotamus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1805: 82
    • Type species: Myopotamus bonariensis Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1805, by monotypy.
  • Potamys Cuvier, 1823: 184
  • Mastonotus Wesmael, 1841: 61
    • Type species: Mastonotus popelairi Wesmael, 1861, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

  • Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan and T. Cadell: London; W. Creech: Edinburgh. XII + 30 unnumbered + 1–400 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

македонски: Нутрија
ไทย: นากหญ้า
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