Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status
Author
Jo, Yeong-Seok
Author
Baccus, John T.
Author
Koprowski, John L.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-19
4522
1
1
216
journal article
27944
10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1
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1175-5326
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Family
ECHIMYIDAE Gray, 1825
A South American species, the coypu
Myocastor coypus
,
has been introduced in
Korea
.
Myocastor coypus
was formerly classified as a single species in the Family
Myocastoridae (
Carleton & Musser 2005
)
. Molecular evidence supported the placement of the coypu as a monotypic Subfamily (
Myocastorinae
) under the Family
Echimyidae
(
Galewski
et al.
2005
;
Upham & Patterson 2012
).