Faye Halliar - Invasive Speicies Padlet by Faye Halliar https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny Made with charm en-us 2020-10-15 13:29:03 UTC 2025-11-08 01:03:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Nutria 3426028 https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/832243071 A nutria is a large rodent.]]> 2020-10-15 13:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/832243071 What is the species scientific name? 3426028 https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/832273731 The scientific name for a nutria is a Myocastor coypus

Source: https://www.thoughtco.com/nutria-4771826]]> 2020-10-15 13:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/832273731 What is the speices native geographical location/habitat? 3426028 https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/832297694 The nutria lives in South and North America. They usually live by freshwater lakes or rivers. They burrow under the ground.
Source: https://www.livescience.com/nutria.htm]]> 2020-10-15 13:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/832297694 What is the species invaded geographical location/habitat? 3426028 https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/832332096 The nutria has lived in South America two hundred years ago. But, since then, they have invaded the US and most recently, California.

Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/02/nutria-spreading-california-wetlands-louisiana-swamps-spd/]]> 2020-10-15 13:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/832332096 How was this species introduced? 3426028 https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/832359125 The nutria was imported from fur farms, and they were unleashed on purpose or accidentally.

Source: https://www.nutria.com/site2.php]]> 2020-10-15 13:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/832359125 Was the introduction intentional or accidental? Explain. 3426028 https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/835447743 Well, technically, it was both because the nutria was imported from South America to North America to fur farms and they were let out on purpose or accidentally.

Source: https://www.nutria.com/site2.php]]> 2020-10-16 13:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/835447743 What is the species impact on the ecosystem? 3426028 https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/835449282 The impact that a nutria can do to the ecosystem is, they eat weeds, over plentiful vegetation, they also destroy native marine vegetation, crops, and wetland areas.

Source: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/publications/wildlife_damage/fsc-nutria-invasive-rodent.pdf]]> 2020-10-16 13:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/835449282 How can we prevent more invasions from this organism? 3426028 https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/835450246 To prevent nutria to continue invading the U.S. is to, poison it, trap it, or shoot it.

Source: https://wildlife-damage-management.extension.org/nutria-damage-management/]]> 2020-10-16 13:15:27 UTC https://padlet.com/3426028/hq7v4kxuab65czny/wish/835450246