Real Nutria Skull Skull_Height_8.5_IN Aegyptopithecus is considered an early

Aegyptopithecus is considered an early catarrhine primate

Skull Length 51 cm (20

Not a true eel

it is characterized by its distinctive black and white coloration

It feeds on small vertebrates

Real Nutria Skull Skull_Height_8.5_IN Aegyptopithecus is considered an earlyThese 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.