Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Coipo, Coypu

Myocastor coypus

Description:

Large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent and the only member of the family Myocastoridae.

Habitat:

Native to subtropical and temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

1 Comment

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

very nice ! - I like pic #2.

isscarr
Spotted by
isscarr

Cartagena, V Región de Valparaíso, Chile

Spotted on Aug 15, 2011
Submitted on Dec 23, 2011

Spotted for Mission

Related Spottings

nutria Coypu Nutria Coypu

Nearby Spottings

Snowy Egret American Oystercatcher Neotropic Cormorant mermaid's purse
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team