Mammals - invasive

Nutria (Myocastor coypus) on Nov 18, 2021

Submitter does not have a specimen

Description of specimen

They are harmless so far. Started with seeing 1 and over the last week, 1 Nutria became 6.

Commentary

None

Resources

There is a lot of good information about nutria in Oregon on the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Living With Wildlife site.

Location

Truck gate at Target distribution center in Albany Oregon has Nutria. Google search shows they are an invasive species so I'm reporting it.

Expert Reviewer

Mrs. Lindsey Wise
Oregon Biodiversity Information Center, inr.oregonstate.edu/orbic
Oregon iMapInvasives
Institute for Natural Resources
Portland State University

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