Coypu
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COYPU, the native name of a large South American aquatic rodent mammal, ...
Coypu
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Nutria - aquatic rodent, Myocastor coypus, of South America, introduced in the S United States for its fur, which is similar to that of beaver but not as thick or durable.
Myocastor coypus
The Nutria (Myocastor coypus) is native to South America but was introduced into the United States in the 1940s. It has become very common, in fact, quite a nuisance, in many areas, especially the southeastern U.S.
: Family Myocastoridae : Myocastor coypus (Molina)
Description. A large rodent, nearly as large as a but with long, rounded, scaly, ratlike tail; hind feet webbed; incisors orange-colored; female with mammae along each side of back, not on belly; ...
COYPU
Coypus (also called nutrias) are semi-aquatic rodents that are originally from South America.
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A wild, white sheep from the Arctic and sub-Arctic of North America.
Nutria or coypu A South American large aquatic rodent, introduced into the South United States. It has large reddish incisor teeth, partially webbed hind feet, and a longer, sparsely haired tail.
Myocastor coypus
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Nutria (Coypu)
The Nutria (also called the coypu) is a large, semi-aquatic South American rodent that has webbed hind feet.
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Myocastor coypus (scientific)
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Nutria Myocaster coypus. Exotic. Breeder. A South American native introduced into the United States for fur farming and weed control. Occupies fresh and brackish wetlands in southern Alabama.
Nutria (also called coypu) are varied eaters, most fond of aquatic plants and roots. They also feast on small creatures such as snails or mussels.
They commonly use hollow trunks of large trees, beaver (Castor canadensis) or nutria (Myocastor coypus) dens, hollow logs, log jams, drift piles, jumbles of loose rocks, abandoned or unused boathouses, and duck blinds [4].
Aquatic mammals in zoos are not a distinct zoological group, but might include the 'real' aquatic mammals, whales and dolphins, as well as 'swimming mammals' like seals and sealions, otters, and rodents such as beavers, coypus, and capybaras.
Giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
Saffron-cowled blackbird (Xanthopsar flavus)
American black vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
Pampas cat (Leopardus colocolo)
Coypu (Myocastor coypus) ...
Diagnostic Characteristics: An inexperienced observer could mistake a muskrat (ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS), round-tailed muskrat (NEOFIBER ALLENI) or a nutria (MYOCASTOR COYPUS) for a beaver, but these other rodents do not have a broad flattened tail ...
Giant Rats: Rats weighing over a kilogram are exceptional, and stories of rats as big as cats are exaggerations, or misidentifications of other rodents such as the Coypu and Muskrat.
A few of these distinctive South American rodents include mountain viscachas, rabbit-like forms that inhabit dry mountainous regions; Patagonian cavies, very rabbit-like, fast-running forms with elongated ears and short tails; the coypu or nutria, ...
nutria (Myocastor coypus)
pine vole (Microtus pinetorum carbonarius)
pine vole (Microtus pinetorum scalapsoides)
porcupine (Erithizon dorsatum dorsatum)
prairie deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii) ...
 See also: Nutria, Beaver, Burro, Muskrat, Squirrel
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