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Coypu or Nutria
Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent
Nutria-orange.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Myocastoridae
Genus:
Myocastor

Kerr, 1792

The coypu (or nutria, Myocastor coypus) is a large, plant-eating, rodent which lives in wetlands. The nutria first came from South America including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay. 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.

Images for kids

  • RagondinCrâne

    Skull

  • Nutria-orange

    Large orange teeth are clearly visible on this nutria.

  • Ratao do banhado 1 REFON

    Myocastor coypus

  • Zoo, Zagreb - nutrija (04.2012)

    Zoo animal on logs

  • Nutria burrow

    Nutria burrow on bank

  • A trap for capturing nutria

    Trap for capturing nutria

  • Nutria heart. (Myocastor coypus)

    Nutria heart

  • Nutriaschädel

    Skull from various perspectives

  • Nutria (Myocastor coypus) in a partially frozen river Ljubljanica

    By the river

  • Coypus

    Feral nutria in Oise river in France

  • Myocastor coypus 2016 G2

    10-day-old baby nutria

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Coipo para niños

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