Myocastor

Translingual

Myocastor coypus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “rat, mouse”) + κάστωρ (kástōr, “beaver”).

Proper noun

Myocastor m

A taxonomic genus within the family Myocastoridae – the coypu, river rat or nutria.

Hypernyms

(genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Octodontoidea - superfamily; Myocastoridae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Myocastor coypus - sole species

References

Myocastor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Myocastor on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Myocastor on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Myocastor in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Myocastor at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Myocastor at the Catalogue of Life
Myocastor at Encyclopedia of Life
Myocastor at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Myocastor at Paleobiology Database

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