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Nutria

Photo by Daniel82
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Field Notes

Description:

Possibly a Nutria/ Coypu

Habitat:

Near the bank of the river

Notes:

Its was swimming at the Deutsches Eck in Koblenz. I believe that it is in fact an invasive species. Considering the mass amounts of damage they have done in the US. I believe that it is important to manage the invasion of this species.

Friendly to visit, it seems that the animal is becoming habituated which could become a problem with tourists

Reference Links:

Coypu - Wikipedia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Neil Ross
Great first spotting, Daniel. Excellent notes as well. They are a problem, but we are the root cause of that problem! Some interesting audio... https://www.dw.com/en/living-planet-when-nutria-takeover/av-49551684 Myocastor coypus is it's scientific name.
Michael
Hi Daniel82, welcome to the Project Noah community!
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PublishedMarch 16, 2021

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