Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Mammalia > Order: Rodentia > Family: Myocastoridae > Genus: Myocastor > Species: Myocastor coypus

Coypu - Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Not evaluated (IUCN)
Protected by	1 international agreement
Most preferred habitats	rivers and lakes wetlands

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	Conditions	More information
EU Regulation 1143/2014 on Invasive Alien Species (The IAS Regulation)	List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern, second update		https://ec.europa.eu/environ...en/list/index_en.htm
	List of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern, third update

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Beverrat	Dutch	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Beverrotte	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Bjórrotta	Icelandic	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Bæverrotte	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Coipu	Portuguese	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Coipú	Spanish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Coypu	English	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutria	Albanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutria	Estonian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutria	German	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutria	Hungarian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutria	Italian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutria	Polish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutria	Romanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutrie	Czech	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutrija	Croatian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutrija	Lithuanian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Nutrija	Slovenian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Ragondin	French	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Rämemajava	Finnish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Su maymunu	Turkish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sumpbäver	Swedish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sumpbever	Norwegian	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.
Sumpbæver	Danish	Mitchell-Jones, A.J. & al.

No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name)	Catalogue of Life
EoL	Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name)	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Myocastor coypus	European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Accepted)	Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

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