Back

Coypu

Myocastor coypus

Classification

The nutria () or coypu () (Myocastor coypus) is an 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.

Distribution

(c) stanze, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 53,081Germany · 21,776Netherlands · 10,121Belgium · 3,722Italy · 3,621Switzerland · 1,784Spain · 806Brazil · 368Luxembourg · 159United Kingdom · 4