Coypu
The coypu (or nutria, Myocastor coypus) is a large, plant-eating, rodent which lives in wetlands.[1] The nutria first came from South America including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay.[1] Animals were taken to Louisiana in the 1930s to be farmed for their fur. Some of these animals escaped and are now living in the Louisiana coastal wetlands. They have become a pest and have damaged the environment.[1]
| Coypu or Nutria Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent
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| Genus: | Myocastor Kerr, 1792
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Coypu Media
Skull of Myocastor coypus (Coypu)
Nutria population in Weilerswist, Germany low res
Nutria occurrence records from 1980 to 2018 in Europe.
A nutria in a canal in Milan
Ratao do banhado (Ratão do banhado) Filo: Chordata*Classe: Mammalia*Ordem: Rodentia*Família: Myocastoridae Espécie: Myocastor coypus
Nutria (river rat) in the Zoological Garden of Zagreb, Croatia (April 2012)
Nutria burrow damage on bank
The baby coypu (Myocastor coypus) at the age of ten days. Photo taken in the settlement Slavne. Vinnytskyi Raion, Ukraine.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Home - Nutria.com". nutria.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010.