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Animalia Rank: Species Vernacular name(s): coypu [English] nutria [English] nutria [French] Taxonomic Status: Current Standing: valid Data Quality Indicators: Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met |
Taxonomic Hierarchy Get the following data in XML format - up to the kingdom Get the following data in XML format Kingdom Animalia-- animals Phylum Chordata-- chordates Subphylum Vertebrata-- vertebrates Class Mammalia-- mammals Subclass Theria Infraclass Eutheria Order Rodentia-- rodents Suborder Hystricognatha Infraorder Hystricognathi-- hystricognath rodents Family Echimyidae Subfamily Myocastorinae Genus Myocastor-- nutrias Species Myocastor coypus-- coypu, nutria |
References Expert(s):Alfred L. Gardner: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Charles A. Woods: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035 Other sources: Source: CDP database (version 1999); for vernacular name: nutria [English], nutria [French] Source: Mammal Species of the World website (version undefined); (http://nmnhgoph.si.edu/msw/) Source: NODC Taxonomic Code database (version 8.0) References: Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Comments: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998 Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C., USA. 79. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9. Comments: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing |
Geographic Information Geographic Information:AfricaEurope & Northern Asia (excluding China)North AmericaSouth America Jurisdiction:Continental US, Introduced |
Comments Comments:Charles A. Woods Status: Common |
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