coypu

(Anglès)

A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈkɔɪ.pu/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From Spanish coipú, from Mapudungun koypu.

Myocastor coypus

swamp beaver

Biberratte

nutria

Myocastor coypus

Nutria

Sumpfbiber

Coypu

Schweifratte

Schweifbiber

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