coypu
South American beaver-like
A coypu is a large semiaquatic rodent native to South America, resembling a beaver but with a round tail.
Valued for its fur, called nutria, the coypu has been introduced to other continents where it often becomes an invasive pest, damaging wetlands and crops.
Coypus have overrun the Louisiana marshes.
Dam-constructing aquatic rodent
- muskratSemiaquatic North American rodent
- capybaraWorld's largest rodent species
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- incisorsFront cutting teeth
herbivore · nutria · tail · whiskers · gnawing · burrowing · nocturnal · similar
Navigable bodies for transport
- marshesWaterlogged land with grasses
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- swampsWaterlogged forested wetlands
- streamsContinuous flows of something
rivers · lakes · burrow · bank · lodge · swimming · diving · freshwater
Encroaching without welcome
- damageHarm or impairment
- erosionGradual wearing away
- leveeRiver flood barrier
- controlAuthority to direct
eradication · bounty · Louisiana · introduced · non-native · management · culling · trap
beaver
Dam-constructing aquatic rodent
- muskratSemiaquatic North American rodent
- capybaraWorld's largest rodent species
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
incisors · herbivore · nutria · tail · whiskers · gnawing · burrowing · nocturnal · similar · related
waterways
Navigable bodies for transport
- marshesWaterlogged land with grasses
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
- swampsWaterlogged forested wetlands
streams · rivers · lakes · burrow · bank · lodge · swimming · diving · freshwater · floodplains
invasive
Encroaching without welcome
control · eradication · bounty · Louisiana · introduced · non-native · management · culling · trap · population
Argentina
Southern cone republic
wetlands · pampas · Patagonia · neotropical · fauna · marshes · swamps · delta · invasive · naturalized
pelt
Fur-bearing animal skin
insulation · textile · fashion · trapping · furrier · undercoat · waterproof · trade · harvest · soft
- rodentsmouse, rat, guinea pig, squirrel, mice
- semiaquatic animalsbeaver, otter, platypus, hippo, hippopotamus
- Argentine wildliferhea, guanaco, puma, jaguar, capybara
- invasive speciesinvasive species, lionfish, emerald ash borer, noxious weeds, kudzu
- semiaquatic mammalsbeaver, capybara, hippopotamus, hippo, muskrat
- furmink, sable, fox, beaver, chinchilla
coypubeaver
Dam-constructing aquatic rodent
muskrat · capybara · otter · water vole