Myocastor Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
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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 is a genus of rodent that contains the living nutria (or coypu), as well as several fossil species.