Order Rodentia - Family Myocastoridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1593 1593 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Myocastor coypus subsp. coypus Molina 1782 Myocastor coypus subsp. coypus Molina 1782 , Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chile : 287 . Type Locality: Chile , Santiago Prov. , Rio Maipo. Synonyms: Myocastor coypus subsp. albomaculatus (Fitzinger 1867) ; Myocastor coypus subsp. chilensis (Lesson 1842) ; Myocastor coypus subsp. dorsalis (Fitzinger 1867) ; Myocastor coypus subsp. popelairi (Wesmael 1841) .