Common Name
Coypu
Order
Rodentia
Family
Echimyidae
Species Name
Myocastor coypus
Status
Common
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Notes
Natural home = South America. Introduced into U.S. over 80 years ago. Semiaquatic. Make nests of large piles of cattails, reeds, & sedges; often destroy habitat for other wildlife. Causes damage to agricultrure.
Oklahoma
Introduced to OK (Hinton & Fort Sill) in the early 1950's as a commercial furbearer.