Armando Jimenez
Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022-23
Wood painted with acrylic paints
(4 1/2" w. x 12 1/4" l. x 5" h.)

The nutria (Myocastor coypus), also known as the coypu,^[1][2] is a large, herbivorous,^[3] semiaquaticrodent. Classified for a long time as the only member of the family Myocastoridae,^[4] Myocastor is now included within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats.^[5][6][7] The nutria lives in burrows alongside stretches of water and feeds on river plant stems.^[8] Originally native to subtropical and temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily by fur farmers. (wikipedia)