The nutria or coypu (Myocastor coypus) is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent from South America. Classified for a long time as the only member of...

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...

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

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

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...

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

rats (Rattus norvegicus), muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus), nutrias (Myocastor coypus), and various squirrels are taken as supplementary prey. 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...

(Rattus norvegicus) Black rat (R. rattus) Chital (Axis axis) Coypu or nutria (Myocastor coypus) House mouse (Mus musculus) Wild boar (Sus scrofa) Feral cat...

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