Myocastor
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Echimyidae
Subfamilia: Echimyinae
Tribus: Myocastorini
Genus: Myocastor
Species (1 + †2): †M. columnaris – M. coypus – †M. paranaensis
Name
[edit]- Type species: Mus coypus Molina, 1782, by subsequent designation by Palmer (1904: 438).
Synonyms
[edit]- 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
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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.
Links
[edit]- Myocastor in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
[edit]македонски: Нутрија
polski: nutria
ไทย: นากหญ้า
polski: nutria
ไทย: นากหญ้า
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