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Author: J. Patrick Fischer
Some facts about the
Nutria
Adult weight : 7.85 kg (17.27 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 9 years
Female maturity :152 days
Male maturity : 152 days
Gestation : 131 days
Weaning : 91 days
Litter size : 6
Litters per year : 2
Interval between litters : 130 days
Weight at birth : 0.225 kg (0.495 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 1.75 kg (3.85 lbs)
Coypu
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Myocastoridae
Species : Myocastor coypus
The Nutria is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Facts about the coypu
Coypus are also known as nutrias. (Full text)
In most regions the coypu is considered a pest. (Full text)
Nutria (Myocastor coypus) is an introduced species that is native to Argentina in South America. (Full text)
Nutria, Myocastor coypus, are large South American rodents that have a stocky body, short neck, webbed feet and inch-long, dark orange incisors. (Full text)
Reproduction Myocastor coypus is polyestrus. (Full text)
The coypu is invading Europe (Full text)
Nutria or Myocastor coypus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . (Full text)
David Sefton's Musings: The Coypu is prevalent in Le Boivre (Full text)
, Tar Heel Division, Tar Heel, NC 28392, (3) Fur and Refuge, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 2415 Darnall Road, New Iberia, LA 70560 Nutria (Myocastor coypus) are semiaquatic vegetarian rodents that are causing severe damage to crops, wetlands, marshes, and levee systems in Louisiana. (Full text)
Introduced animals such as the nutria (Myocaster coypus) are also causing major problems to the environment. (Full text)
Euphro says: All the coypus are gone now :( (Full text)
The nutria (Myocastor Coypus) is a South American rodent that is as large as a beaver (Castor canadensis) but with the tail of a muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus). (Full text)
(Myocastor coypus) are semi-aquatic rodents native to South America, which now also occupy brackish water marshes in parts of Maryland, Virginia and Delaware. (Full text)
The South American nutria (Myocastor coypus) is an exotic, invasive, semi-aquatic rodent with established populations in 15 states in the U. (Full text)
Species: coypus The nutria, Myocastor coypus, is a large semi-aquatic rodent. (Full text)
The nutria or coypu (Myocastor coypus) is a large, nocturnal, semiaquatic rodent native to South America, but now also present in Europe, Asia, and North America, in some regions of which it is considered a pest. (Full text)
1. Myocastor, genus Myocastor -- (a genus of Capromyidae)Myocastor
genus Myocastor
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