Myocastor coypus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Echimyidae
Genus: Myocastor
Species: Myocastor coypus
Scientific Name: Myocastor coypus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Nutria

The nutria () or coypu () (Myocastor coypus) is a herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent from South America. Classified for a long time as the only member of the family Myocastoridae, Myocastor has since been included within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats. The nutria lives in burrows alongside stretches of water and feeds on river plant stems.

Native to subtropical and temperate South America, it was introduced to North America, Europe and Asia, primarily by fur farmers. Although it is still hunted and trapped for its fur in some regions, its destructive burrowing and feeding habits often bring it into conflict with humans, and it is considered an invasive species in the United States. Nutrias also transmit various diseases to humans and animals, mainly through water contamination.

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Myocastor coypus in languages:

Arabic: كيب
Bokmål: Sumpbever
Bokmål: Beverrotte
Catalan: Coipú
Croatian: Nutrija
Czech: nutrie
Czech: Nutrie říční
Danish: Sumpbæver
Dutch: Beverrat
English: Coypu
English: Nutria
Estonian: nutria
Finnish: nutria
French: Ragondin
German: Nutria
German: Biberratte
German: Sumpfbiber
German: Schweifbiber
German: Schweifratte
Hebrew: נוטריה
Hungarian: nutria
Italian: Nutria
Italian: Miopotamo
Italian: Coipo
Italian: Castoro di palude
Italian: Topo d'acqua
Italian: Castorino
Japanese: ヌートリア
Kazakh: Саз құндызы
Korean: 뉴트리아
Lithuanian: Nutrija
Modern Greek: Μυοκάστορας
Polish: nutria amerykańska
Portuguese: Nutria
Portuguese: Ratão-do-banhado
Romanian: Nutrie
Russian: Нутрия
Serbian: Нутрија
Slovak: nutria riečna
Slovene: nutrija
Swedish: sumpbäver
Swedish: nutria
Turkish: Koypu
Ukrainian: Нутрія

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Myocastor coypus: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Nutria

Myocastor coypus in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

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Myocastor coypus: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Nutria

Myocastor coypus in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

Sibling Taxa

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