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Nutria fur

Nutria fur is a type of fur obtained from the nutria, which is also known as the coypu, beaver rat or swamp beaver. The native habitat of the nutria is South America, but the animal was released into the wild for fur production in the first half of the 20th century and is now also found in Germany and large parts of Europe, Asia and North America.

Nutria

The nutria or coypu is an herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent native to South America.

Fur

Fur is the soft, thick growth of hair that covers the skin of almost all mammals. It consists of a combination of oily guard hair on top and thick underfur beneath. The guard hair keeps moisture from reaching the skin; the underfur acts as an insulating blanket that keeps the animal warm.

Brown

Brown is a color. It can be thought as a darker, typically desaturated shade of orange, and can often be produced by combining red and yellow with another color, namely blue.

nutria

Noun

1. The coypu, Myocastor coypus.
2. The fur of the coypu.

fur

Symbol

1. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Friulian.

Noun

1. The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
2. The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.

brown

Noun

1. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
2. One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.

Adjective

1. Having a brown color/colour.
2. Gloomy.