The nutria (/ˈnjuːtriə/) or coypu (/ˈkɔɪpuː/) (Myocastor coypus) is a herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent from South America. Classified for a long time as...

Myocastor is a genus of rodent that contains the living nutria (or coypu), as well as several fossil species. Due to similar cranial morphology, the nutria...

other hand, Callistomys (painted tree-rats) is the sister group to Myocastor (coypus). In turn, these two pairs of genera share evolutionary affinities...

genus Mallomys Large bamboo rat, Rhizomys sumatrensis Coypu, nutria, or river rat,. Myocastor coypus Capybara, genus Hydrochoerus Woolly giant rat, Kunsia...

in the transmission of the parasite in Corsica. In France, nutria (Myocastor coypus) was confirmed as a wild reservoir host of F. hepatica. Humans are...

such as muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus), young or small adult nutrias (Myocastor coypus) and groundhogs (Marmota monax) are also preyed upon. Even American...

Indian crested porcupine Hystrix indica Extant 18 kg (40 lb) 11 Coypu Myocastor coypus Extant 17 kg (37 lb) 12 Patagonian mara Dolichotis patagonum Extant...

muskrat (Ondatra zibethica), and to some extent South American nutria (Myocastor coypus), are recent species that have successfully adapted. The firm land...

that would deter the edible iberian crayfish. The semiaquatic rodent Myocastor coypus is beginning to expand in some northwest tributaries of the head damaging...

(Capybara) Macaca mulatta (Rhesus macaque) Mus musculus (House mouse) Myocastor coypus (Coypu or nutria) Rattus norvegicus (Brown rat) Rattus rattus (Black rat)...