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PAGE INDEX 1. Lateral view 2. Details | A South American rodent introduced into Britain for fur farming around 1929. Escaped animals established a feral population which was eradicated by 1989. |
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 | 1.Coypu skull, lateral view.
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| Details of Specimens Illustrated |
- Image 1
- Coypu Myocastor coypus
- Stage - adult
- Area collected - Lancashire
- Source - Courtesy of Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle
- Measurements
Condylobasal length 101mm Zygomatic width 34mm Jaw length 94mm Latin Name : Myocastor - from the Greek words mus "a mouse" andkastor "a beaver";x coypus - its South American name,latinised.
- Stage - adult