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Myocastor coypus
Coipo (spanish)
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Photographer: Richard D. Sage
ID: 0000 0000 0221 0026 (2021-02-01)Copyright © 2021 Richard Sage
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date of photo Oct 23, 2011
latitude -41.05950 longitude -71.00575
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Laguna de los Juncos (Pilcaniyeu Departamento, Río Negro, Argentina)species associated with this habitat: Myocastor coypus Phoenicopterus chilensis Vanellus chilensis notes There was an isolated population of coipos (Myocastor chilensis) living in the reed bed bordering the laguna. In June of 2011 the Chilean volcano Puyehue erupted and ash covered the area around Laguna de Los Juncos with about 2 cm of fine ash. The covered the leaves of the plants, and the herbivorous mammals (domestic and wild) had their teeth and intestines damaged by the glass-like grains. In October, the coipos were dying, and the population went extinct. This was one of the last live ones.keywords: Myocastor coypus
camera Panasonic HC-X900M
photo category: Animal - Mammal
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