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THE coypu, Myocastor coypus Molina (or Myopotamus coypus, Myopotamus bonariensis Commers, Hydromys coypus Geoff.), is a South American rodent that belongs to the family Octodentidae and sub-family Capromyidae. To-day it is found in all continents, living in swamps and fish ponds as a feral animal or raised in captivity for its fur1. So far as we know, no previous investigation of chromosome number and morphology has been carried out on this animal.
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TSIGALIDOU, V., SIMOTAS, A. & FASOULAS, A. Chromosomes of the Coypu. Nature 211, 994–995 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211994a0
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