Real Nutria Skull Skull_Height_8.5_IN Skull Length 51 cm (20

Skull Length 51 cm (20

Measurement taken along the outer curve

even those of elephants

Aegyptopithecus is considered an early catarrhine primate

They are also referred to as the fish hawk due to their diet

Real Nutria Skull Skull_Height_8.5_IN Skull Length 51 cm (20These large rodents, otherwise known as coypu, have been almost solely responsible for significant loss of the Louisiana wetlands in the last fifty years. Native to South America, nutria were brought to the United States in the 1930s to be domesticated as fur animals. Considered one of the most destructive species in the world, these rodents of unusual size weigh 15 22 lbs. on average and consume about 25% of their weight in plants each day.