Coypu

Coypu

Nutria
Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Subfamily: Echimyinae
Tribe: Myocastorini
Genus: Myocastor
Species:
M. coypus
Binomial name
Myocastor coypus
(Molina, 1782)
The range of the Nutria
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The nutria (/ˈnjuːtriə/) or coypu (/ˈkɔɪpuː/) (Myocastor coypus)[1][2] is an herbivorous,[3] is a large, plant-eating, rodent which lives in wetlands.[4] The nutria first came from South America including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay.[4] 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.[4]

  • Nutria heart
    Nutria heart
  • Skull from various perspectives
    Skull from various perspectives
  • By the river Ljubljanica
    By the river Ljubljanica
  • Feral nutria in Oise river in France
    Feral nutria in Oise river in France
  • 10-day-old baby nutria
    10-day-old baby nutria
  • Track
    Track

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ojeda, R.; Bidau, C.; Emmons, L. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Myocastor coypus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T14085A121734257. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ "Myocastor coypus". ITIS. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Myocastor coypus (coypu)". Animal Diversity Web, Museum of Zoology. University of Michigan. 1999. Archived from the original on 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Home - Nutria.com". nutria.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2010.

Further reading

  • Sandro Bertolino, Aurelio Perrone, and Laura Gola "Effectiveness of coypu control in small Italian wetland areas" Wildlife Society Bulletin Vol. 33, No. 2 (June 2005) pp. 714–772.
  • Carter, Jacoby and Billy P. Leonard: "A Review of the Literature on the Worldwide Distribution, Spread of, and Efforts to Eradicate the Coypu (Myocastor coypus)" Wildlife Society Bulletin, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring, 2002), pp. 162–175.
  • Carter, J., A.L. Foote, and L.A. Johnson-Randall. 1999. "Modeling the effects of nutria (Myocastor coypus) on wetland loss". Wetlands 19(1):209–219
  • Lauren E. Nolfo-Clements: Seasonal variations in habitat availability, habitat selection, and movement patterns of Myocastor coypus on a subtropical freshwater floating marsh. (Dissertation) Tulane University. New Orleans. 2006. ISBN 0-542-60916-9
  • Sheffels, Trevor and Mark Systma. "Report on Nutria Management and Research in the Pacific Northwest" Center for Lakes and Reservoir Environmental Sciences and Resources, Portland State University. December 2007. Available on-line: [1]

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