Nutria are large, semi-aquatic rodents native to South America with coarse brown fur, webbed feet, and a pair of long front teeth with orange tips. Larger than muskrats and smaller than beavers, two ...
A semi-aquatic animal native to South America, nutria (also known as the “coypu” or “river rat” ) found their way into Louisiana marshes beginning in the 1930s after escaping from fur farms set up to ...