Small game
Nutria (coypu)
Myocastor coypus
- Group
- Small game
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Myocastoridae
Range
- South America
- North America
- Europe
Habitat
- Wetland
Range
Countries it is found in
25 countries
- Argentina
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Chile
- Croatia
- Czechia
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Luxembourg
- Netherlands
- Paraguay
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- United States
Range from:ASM Mammal Diversity Database, GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Nutria (coypu). Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:Valentín AlfanoCC BY
Cross-reference
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