The 20-pound nutria, native to South America, has somehow managed to establish a population in the Suisun Marsh.

rat-like tail thinly covered in bristly hairs; and noticeable white whiskers that protrude from either side of their nose.

Capybara vs Nutria: Size and Weight The primary ... while capybaras do not have a tail at all. Speaking of rats, nutrias look ...

Nutria — which resemble a cross between a beaver and an over-sized rat — can grow to be two feet long, with an additional 1 ½-feet of tail, and weigh up to 20 pounds. They have brown fur ...

I didn't even have to search for a nutria: One simply materialized before my eyes. This particular specimen was too large to call a rat. It was not in a pack, and the way it swam freely left no ...

Nutria – or coypu – can spread tapeworm and tuberculosis while burrowing through flood defenses (Picture: Gerard Soury/The Image Bank RF/Getty Images) Disease ridden rat-like creatures with ...

Imagine a rat-looking creature weighing about 20 pounds and dragging a tail up to 18 inches long ... Known by a deceivingly healthy-sounding name —nutria — its eating and burrowing ways ...