Mammals - invasive

Nutria (Myocastor coypus) on Aug 1, 2026

Description of specimen

Submitter has sample

Adult nutria bathing in drainage ditch, seemed healthy, non aggressive

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

Single Nutria in a ditch swimming and bathing in the ditch water near Mt baldy RD

Expert Reviewer

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Jacob Rose
Institute for Natural Resources

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