not my pair - but seem to understand it.

... {Bamboo rat} (Zo["o]l.), any Indian rodent of the genus {Rhizomys}. {Beaver rat}, {Coast rat}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Beaver} and {Coast}. ...


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http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/rat

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Hydromys chrysogaster - Beaver-rat: Summary Information. ... Alternative Names, Australian water rat (B51). See Hydromys page for alternative genus names. ...

http://212.187.155.84/pass_06june/subdirectories_for_search/...

Apparently it is called a Nutria.

Nutria
Homepage. Scientific name, Myocastor coypus. English name, Nutria. Nederlandse naam, Beverrat. Myocastoridae - Nutrias - Beverratten. United ...
www.animals-online.be/rodents/beverratten/nutria.html - 4k

...:: Knaagdieren ::...
... water. De beverrat De beverrat wordt ook vaak nutria genoemd. Het is eigenlijk geen rat, maar is meer verwant aan het stekelvarken. ...
users.skynet.be/zoekheteensop/knaagdieren.htm - 14

Beverrat
Beverrat. Myocastor coypus (Molina, 1782). coypu. le ragondin. die
Nutria. Stijn Vanacker. Kenmerken: De Beverrat is een, uit Zuid-Amerika ...
zwg.atlas.tripod.com/soorten/myoccoyp.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

karper - karpervissen in frankrijk: Le Touroulet, Dordogne
... De ijsvogel en de wouw komen u regelmatig gezelschap houden en schrik niet van de nutria (beverrat) die in de vroege uren zijn kop laat zien. ...
www.touroulet.com/ - 7k

NewStandard: 11/19/97
... How about a 12-pound water rat that culinary experts say tastes somewhat like a ... America's latest taste treat is called nutria and comes to us courtesy of the ...
Description: Humorous article from The Standard-Times containing information on eating nutria.
Category: Recreation > Food > Wild Foods
www.s-t.com/daily/11-97/11-19-97/c07ad135.htm - 8k - 8 Nov 2003



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ZOOGDIEREN
... De namen beverrat, beverrôt (Fr) en rattenbever zinspelen op uiterlijk en gedrag van een ... Nutria, via het Spaans ontleent aan Latijns lutra, is een met \'otter ...
home.iae.nl/users/hjts/ZOOGDIEREN.htm - 101k

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Nutria Printout. The Nutria (also called the coypu) is a large South American rodent that has webbed feet and a long tail. Scientific name: Myocastor coypus. ...
www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ mammals/rodent/Nutria.shtml - 10k - 8 Nov 2003

coypu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001. coypu. see nutria. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2003 Columbia University Press. ...
www.bartleby.com/65/x-/X-coypu.html - 17k



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coypu [\'kɔıpuː]
noun
(plural: -pus, -pu)
1 an aquatic South American hystricomorph rodent, Myocastor coypus, introduced into Europe: family Capromyidae. It resembles a small beaver with a ratlike tail and is bred in captivity for its soft grey underfur
2 the fur of this animal
Also called: nutria
[ETYMOLOGY: 18th Century: from American Spanish coipú, from Araucanian kóypu]

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Searched the web for \"coypu\". Results 1 - 10 of about 4,670. Search took 0.17 seconds

Searched the web for \"nutria\". Results 1 - 10 of about 48,800. Search took 0.13 seconds

Beverrat is in het Latijn :myocastor coypus.
Dit wordt in het Engels vertaald met nutria
Zie ook Van Dale (EN-NE) onder Nutria

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www.nationaltrappers.com/nutria.html

Beverrat (Myocastor coypus)
www.natuurbeleving.be/zoogdieren/ Beverrat_Myocastor-coypus.html

[PDF] Ecologie, verspreiding en bestrijding van de Beverrat ( Myocastor ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
Page 1. Ecologie, verspreiding en bestrijding van de Beverrat (Myocastor coypus Molina
www.ibw.vlaanderen.be/ned/fauna/wildbeh/ text/beverratrapport.pdf

Nutria*
Order Rodentia : Family Myocastoridae : Myocastor coypus (Molina)
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/myoccoyp.htm
Myocastor coypus
Nutria, Coypu
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/myocastor/m._...
THE EFFECT OF NUTRIA (MYOCASTOR COYPUS) ON MARSH LOSS IN THE ...
USGS, THE EFFECT OF NUTRIA (MYOCASTOR COYPUS) ON MARSH LOSS IN THE
LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND: AN EXCLOSURE STUDY. Patuxent Home. ...
www.pwrc.usgs.gov/resshow/nutria.htm
There are 48,800 hits for Nutria and
4,670 for Coypu



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when I started answering there was only one answer, which was neither nutria nor coypu. After I finished looking up refs and sent my answer I realised there were others. I suppose I should have answered first and checked later....