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The nutria (/ ˈ n juː t r i ə /) or coypu (/ ˈ k ɔɪ p uː /) (Myocastor coypus) [1] [2] is a herbivorous, [3] semiaquatic rodent from South America.Classified for a long time as the only member of the family Myocastoridae, [4] Myocastor has since been included within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 February 2025. Order of mammals Rodent Temporal range: Late Paleocene – recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Capybara Springhare Golden-mantled ground squirrel North American beaver House mouse Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Mirorder ...
Rodents of Unusual Size is a 2017 documentary film funded by ITVS and directed by the team of Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer about giant invasive swamp rats, nutria, threatening coastal Louisiana. The film is narrated by Wendell Pierce with an all original musical soundtrack by the Cajun band Lost Bayou Ramblers.
I'm invasive and delicious,” the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wrote in a Feb. 24 Facebook post advising people to start hunting and eating nutria, a big, semi-aquatic rodent native to South ...
Their weather prognosticator is Pierre C. Shadeaux, who is a nutria (a semiaquatic rodent), not a groundhog. Nevertheless, he is called the Cajun Groundhog 'round those parts.
This is a list of the largest rodents. Rank Common name Scientific name Status Maximum body mass [kg (lb)] Image Notes 1: Giant pacarana: Josephoartigasia monesi:
Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except Antarctica. This list contains circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia. [1]
This is a list of the mammals native to the U.S. state of Georgia.. The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale is the state marine mammal of Georgia. West Indian manatee, vulnerable Little brown bat, endangered American bison, near threatened Indiana bat, near threatened New England cottontail, vulnerable Eastern small-footed myotis, endangered False killer whale, near threatened ...