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  YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Coypu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Coypus originated from the Amerindian Araucanian language word coypu or kóypu and was adopted by American Spanish as Coipo is generally used in Europe and Latin America.
For example, coypu were introduced to Louisiana in the 1930s for its fur, and nutria damage in Louisiana is so severe in 2005 that a bounty program is in effect to aid in controlling the animal.
Coypu were also introduced to East Anglia, again for fur, in 1929; many escaped and damaged the drainage works, and a concerted programme by MAFF eradicated them by 1989.
www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Coypu   (839 words)

  
 Coypu
Today the Coypu, along with the Grey Squirrel, are a constant reminder of the folly of introducing foreign species into a new country without fully considering the consequences.
The general colour of the coypu's guard hairs is dark reddish or yellowish brown, masking the slate grey nutria.
The mother coypus nipples are situated high on the sides of her body so the young can ride on her back and suckle while she is in the water.
www.the-piedpiper.co.uk /th1f.htm   (890 words)

  
 biblio coypu
Eibl-Eibesfeldt I, 1959 - Einige Beobachtungen an einer in Freiheit gehaltenen weiblichen Biberratte (Myocastor coypus).
Gosling L.M., 1980 - The duration of lactation in feral coypus (Myocastor coypus).
Spiaggi E.P., Benaglia A. and di Masso R.J., 1998 - The coypu Myocastor coypus - Bull.BEDIM, 7, 1, 12-13 (@bedim 7/1).
www.centrostudiarcadia.it /biblio_coypu.htm   (1585 words)

  
 Coypu - MSN Encarta
Coypu, also known as nutria, South American rodent, that has a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown outercoat, a dark gray undercoat, webbed hind feet, and strong teeth.
Coypus grow to a length of 43 to 64 cm (17 to 25 in) and have long scaly tails.
Scientific classification: The coypu belongs to the family Myocastoridae.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761573750   (86 words)

  
 Coypu - LoveToKnow 1911
COYPU, the native name of a large South American aquatic rodent mammal, known very generally among European residents in the country as nutria (the Spanish word for otter) and scientifically as Myocastor (or Myopotamus) coypu.
Its large size, aquatic habits, partially webbed hind-toes, and the smooth, broad, orange-coloured incisors, are sufficient to distinguish this rodent from the other members of the family Capromyidae.
Coypu are abundant in the fresh waters of South America, even small ponds being often tenanted by one or more pairs.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Coypu   (181 words)

  
 Comparative Placentation
Coypus are extremely well adapted to water, are excellent swimmers, and prefer to feed in swampy areas off roots and other vegetable matter.
Since the coypu, as the guinea pig, is a member of the larger group of Hystricomorpha, these authors suggested that similar mechanisms of the maintenance of gestation may prevail.
Newson, R.M.: Reproduction in the feral coypu (Myocastor coypus).
medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/nutria.html   (5054 words)

  
 Coypu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Coypus live in burrows in swampy areas, subsisting chiefly on freshwater plants.
By escaping from these fur farms, coypus have colonised new areas all over the world, and are sometimes considered pests because of the damage they do.
The semi-aquatic coypu is a skilled swimmer and diver.
www.geocities.com /animgirl_99/coypus.html   (90 words)

  
 apricot: A short story I wrote when feeling lonely   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Coypu was sitting on his porch, smoking his pipe, and thinking to himself, and admiring the beauty of the river in the morning.
Coypu closed his eyes and opened his ears and nose, taking a big whiff of his pipe, and basking in the glory of it all.
Coypu was fascinated, and he ever so much wanted to get to know this magnificent creature better.
www.apricotpie.com /eric/AshortstoryIwrotewhenfee.html   (578 words)

  
 Coypu - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Coypu, also known as nutria, South American rodent that has a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown outercoat, a dark grey undercoat, webbed hind feet,...
For example, the coarse guard hair of beaver and Alaska fur seal is removed by plucking.
Mammals and birds include Virginia deer, muskrat, coypu, beaver, flicker (or yellowhammer, the state bird), bluebird, cardinal, blue jay, and...
uk.encarta.msn.com /Coypu.html   (100 words)

  
 Coypu and muskrat
Salaries for the trappers were set at 3 times their usual salary if the Coypu was eradicated in 6 years, declining if the eradication took any longer than this.
The last Coypu was caught in 1986 and a total of 35,000 Coypu were caught.
The Coypu and Muskrat were successful eradications because action was taken early in comparison to the case with the Mink.
cal.man.ac.uk /student_projects/2002/MNBF9ALS/lecture-17.htm   (569 words)

  
 COYPU - Online Information article about COYPU
otter) and scientifically as Myocastor (or Myopotamus) coypu.
Coypu are abundant in the fresh See also:
water dry up, the coypu seek fresh homes.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /COR_CRE/COYPU.html   (309 words)

  
 More Coypu Flies!
Here are two more coypu patterns to try--a coypu version of the gurgler that I call the Furgler, and a large Coypu Mouse.
This unusual Gurgler has a fur tail and body of palmered coypu and is a very effective surface fly to use to imitate a mouse or other "critter." While I call this a “mouse” Gurgler, you may also see in it a “shrimp” Gurgler or a “frog” Gurgler or some other critter Gurgler.
Tie in a length of coypu strip (with the guard hair points to the rear) at a point just before the bend of the hook if you want a full-bodied fly, more forward if you want a half or third-body fly.
www.jackgartside.com /step_coypu_flies_cont.htm   (860 words)

  
 Coypu Foundation grant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Coypu Foundation is an organization founded by the estate of the late John S. McIlhenney that supports environmental and ecology projects.
Last year, NSU received an endowment from the Coypu Foundation to establish a professorship in biological sciences.
Coypu is the Latin term for nutria rat.
www.nsula.edu /news/coypu13.htm   (297 words)

  
 coypu
Taken to Europe and then to North America to be farmed for their fur, many escaped or were released.
In Britain, coypus escaped from fur farms and became established on the Norfolk Broads where their adult numbers reached 5,000.
In 1993 escaped coypu in Louisiana, USA, were causing serious damage to coastal marshland.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0007548.html   (294 words)

  
 Nutria Biology - Nutria.com
The nutria, Myocastor coypus, is a large semi-aquatic rodent.
The specific name coypus is the Latinized form of coypu, a name in the language of the Araucanian Indians of south-central Chile and adjacent parts of Argentina for an aquatic mammal that was possibly this species.
In most of the world the animal is called coypu, but in North America the animal is called nutria.
www.nutria.com /site3.php   (618 words)

  
 Coypu, Coypu, Coypu!
In fact, with the exception of the Coypu Bonefish Fly, they are really all pretty much the same fly tied in pretty much the same way.
The coypu I use comes pre-cut into strips similar to zonker strips but if you have any coypu at home you can easily cut it up yourself into similar strips.
Dub some coypu underfur (with some of the shorter guard hairs still in it) onto your thread and wind it on just in back of the eye and back into the wrapped-on coypu.
www.jackgartside.com /step_coypu_flies.htm   (935 words)

  
 Coypu (dinghy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Coypu is a class of small sailing dinghy.
There are variants in the design of the coypu depending on the builder.
Most coypu mainsails are normally raised by feeding the luff into the track on the mast, although there are variants that have gunter rig sails
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coypu_(dinghy)   (309 words)

  
 TIME.com: Nutria Nuisance -- Sep. 1, 1961 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Its appetite is inexhaustible, and by no means limited to farm crops: a Great Yarmouth farm wife recently complained that coypus were boldly gnawing her window frames, and in some East Anglian river towns, coypus have been known to free boats from their moorings by chewing through the lines.
Since the coypu's natural predators (alligators, crocodiles and certain types of foxes and eagles) are all back in South America, the animal has flourished in East Anglia's bogs and fens.
A few British restaurants serve coypu (whose taste resembles veal), thoroughly disguised as "Argentine hare." But the coypu's only real enemy is England's furious farmer who, prevented by law from using poison—which would also kill off harmless animal life—prowls the marsh with trap and gun.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,939833,00.html   (595 words)

  
 Coypu, nutria (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Name "Coypu": "Coypu" is from the native South American Araconian word "koypu," for the animal.
The coypu grows over two feet long, with another eighteen inches for the tail.
Behavior: The coypu swims skillfully and is mainly active at dusk, although also during the day.
www.americazoo.com.cob-web.org:8888 /goto/index/mammals/218.htm   (293 words)

  
 Amazon.com: coypu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Home range and movement of nutria (Myocastor coypus) at Spring Lake in central Texas, with anecdotal comments on the American beaver (Castor canadensis)...
Status and ecology of the nutria, Myocastor coypus, in Mississippi by James L Wolfe (Unknown Binding - 1983)
or muskrat, but the coypu and capybara, rodents of the...
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=coypu&tag=ecomplex&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1   (475 words)

  
 JasonColeman.com: What's a Coypu and what does it have to do with Katrina and Rita?
For decades upon decades a fuzzy little rodent named the Coypu has been burrowing into the levees of New Orleans.
The levees offer ideal habitat for these little creature's dens and because they undermine levee systems, damage wetlands and eat crops, the state of Louisiana and her neighbors have classified the Coypu as "vermin".
Locally, these rodents are referred to as nutria, and they are as common as sight in New Orleans as a squirrel is in hardwood forests.
www.jasoncoleman.com /BlogArchives/2005/12/whats_a_coypu_a_1.html   (990 words)

  
 McIlhenney professorship completed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
NATCHITOCHES- The Northwestern State University Foundation received a $60,000 donation from the Coypu Foundation that was matched with $40,000 by the Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund.
Julie Hughes Callihan, executrix of the McIlhenney estate and a Natchitoches native, coordinated the donation.
Further donations from the Coypu Foundation to Northwestern included a $7,922 grant for population surveys using pitfall traps in the upland forest habitat of central Louisiana and $16,911 to the Cane River National Heritage Area.
www.nsula.edu /news/coypu02.htm   (337 words)

  
 Advanced Animals Quiz - Question 8 of 10 Correct   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In areas where the coypu was released or escaped, they became abundant.
The coypu makes its home alongside rivers and marshes in tunnels they burrow into the riverbanks.
They say it tastes like rabbit and several places are now offering recipes so anyone can serve up a Coypu feast.
www.sheppardsoftware.com /adv_animal16_tues.htm   (115 words)

  
 coypu - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "coypu" at HighBeam.
Coypu set free as pie-in-the-sky breeding scheme collapses, NATION
More information is at your fingertips at HighBeam Research:
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-coypu.html   (106 words)

  
 Center for Bioenvironmental Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tulane University through the Center for Bioenvironmental Research (CBR) was recently awarded a $75,000 endowment from the Coypu Foundation of Louisiana to establish a professorship in river and coastal ecosystem studies.
Her community-based efforts have promoted an ethic that values and recognizes the need for civic rights, preservation, and public safety for sustainability of communities.
Her efforts at Tulane have resulted in educating students on aspects of social work and, more recently, in promoting, through generous support from the Coypu Foundation, the establishment of interdisciplinary research and educational capacity on the Mississippi River.
www.cbr.tulane.edu /Themes/stories-CBR-Spotlight/20040126-Coypu.html   (340 words)

  
 Colonisation strategy in Beaver and Coypu
   The expansion of feral populations demonstrated the coypu Myocastor coypus adaptability to new environments.
This ability is generally attributed to the flexibility of the reproductive biology based on polygynous mating system and engendering numerous litters throughout the year.
In Grand Lieu, coypu population dynamics exhibited very original characteristics:
ead.univ-angers.fr /~ecologie/castor.html   (154 words)

  
 coypu - OneLook Dictionary Search
Coypu : Encarta® Online Encyclopedia, North American Edition [home, info]
COYPU : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
Words similar to coypu: nutria, myocastor coypus, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=coypu&loc=dym   (225 words)

  
 The Glory of Death-Jazz - Page 28 - Jazz Bulletin Board
Jazz, jazzypaul, etc.: My point is that Coypu is not going to open his ears and really get inside our music.
Again, if you want to hear things from our perspective, then great, you're in the right place, but you're in the wrong place to shove your perspective in our face on every thread.
My point is that we HAVE defended out music, and just because Coypu is putting his hands over his ears and yelling, "NUH UH!" doesn't mean we haven't refuted each of his claims and proven him to be utterly wrong and out of line.
forums.allaboutjazz.com /showthread.php?p=1766   (2836 words)

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