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Nutria
Myocastor coypus
45.4637, -123.985
Field Notes
Description:
Large semi-aquatic rodent, brown with rough-looking fur, white under the nose, black less-furry ears. Swims and dives when startled; hangs out on the drier banks of the marsh otherwise.
Habitat:
Freshwater marsh near the mouth of Beaver Creek on the central Oregon coast.
Notes:
They'd been forced to the deeper water next to the road since low rainfall has lowered the water level of the marsh, and allowed no more than a couple seconds to elapse after seeing me to dive deep out of sight in the brackish water.
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Coypu
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PublishedAugust 16, 2014
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