Myocastor

Translingual

Myocastor coypus

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Myocastor m

1. 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^[1] at Bucknell.
• Myocastor at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Myocastor at the Catalogue of Life 
• Myocastor at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Myocastor at Paleobiology Database