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Common Name: nutria
Taxonomy: available through 
Native Range:
southern South America
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Hawaii |
Caribbean |
Interactive maps: Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, Caribbean
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Nutria in North America (USGS, National Wetlands Research Center)
Means of Introduction: Imported into Louisiana for fur farming.
Status: Feral populations are established in several states.
Impact of Introduction: Over-grazing of wetland habitats.
Remarks:
References
Other Resources:
Damage prevention and control methods for nutria (North Carolina State University)
Nonindigenous aquatic mammals in Florida (University of Florida)
Nonindigenous terrestrial mammals in Florida (University of Florida)
The effect of nutria on marsh loss in the lower eastern shore of Maryland (USGS)
USGS Factsheet - South American nutria destroy marshes (pdf)
Nutria (Gulf of Mexico Program)
Nutria (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries)
Myocastor coypus (Global Invasive Species Database)
Nutria in North America (USGS, National Wetlands Research Center)
Worldwide distribution, spread of, and efforts to eradicate the nutria (Myocaster coypus) (USGS, National Wetlands Research Center)
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 5/19/2005 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2010. Myocastor coypus. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1089> Revision Date: 5/19/2005
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