nutria
South American beaver
A nutria is a large semiaquatic rodent native to South America, now widespread in North America and Europe where it's considered an invasive pest.
Resembling a beaver but with a round tail, nutria damage wetlands by devouring vegetation and burrowing into banks.
Their fur was once commercially valuable: nutria coats were popular in the 1940s.
Semiaquatic South American rodent
- incisorsFront cutting teeth
- gnawBite repeatedly at
- whiskersFacial sensory hairs
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
beaver · muskrat · capybara · mammal · omnivore · forage · tail · webbed feet
Grassy waterlogged lowland
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- bayouMarshy, slow-moving waterway
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- riverbankLand bordering a stream
cattails · reeds · floodplain · delta · slough · riparian · aquatic · freshwater
Fur-bearing animal skin
- pelageMammal's fur collectively
- coarseRough in texture
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
- coatOuter garment or layer
garment · fashion · vintage · underfur · guard hairs · felted · dyeable · trade
Dark earth tone
Harmful creature or nag
- damageHarm or impairment
- erosionGradual wearing away
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
- controlAuthority to direct
bounty · culling · overpopulation · destruction · burrowing · crop damage · non-native · introduced
coypu
Semiaquatic South American rodent
burrow · beaver · muskrat · capybara · mammal · omnivore · forage · tail · webbed feet · scent glands
marsh
Grassy waterlogged lowland
riverbank · cattails · reeds · floodplain · delta · slough · riparian · aquatic · freshwater · brackish
pelt
Fur-bearing animal skin
coat · garment · fashion · vintage · underfur · guard hairs · felted · dyeable · trade · harvest
brown
Dark earth tone
pest
Harmful creature or nag
- damageHarm or impairment
- erosionGradual wearing away
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
control · bounty · culling · overpopulation · destruction · burrowing · crop damage · non-native · introduced · management
- bayoualligator, gator, cypress tree, cypress trees, marshland
- furmink, sable, fox, beaver, chinchilla
- furry mammalsbeaver, chinchilla, fox, mink, otter
- pestsants, ant, bugs, cockroach, cockroaches
- rodentsmouse, rat, guinea pig, squirrel, mice
- semiaquatic animalsbeaver, otter, platypus, hippo, hippopotamus
nutrianative species
Organisms originating in a region
keystone species · endangered species · beaver · protected wildlife · protected species