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On 31 October 2025, it was proposed that this article be moved to Coypu. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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Range of the Nutria

The map presented in the infobox is definitely inaccurate. I know for a fact that Nutria live in the rivers of north Serbia, and sightings are regularly reported on in newspapers. See here and here as examples.

I assume they also live in some bordering countries. If anyone can make an effort to edit the map it would be greatly appreciated. DrakiBeg (talk) 21:32, 11 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why is Finland different from the rest of the European countries in the map?

Just a simple question. Also, why is Japan green? Doesn't make sense 178.202.191.213 (talk) 20:54, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's a color key below the map. Finland's darker yellow shade means "Extant (resident)", and Japan's green color means "Extant & Introduced". NekoKatsun (nyaa) 21:17, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 31 October 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Favonian (talk) 11:34, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nutria → CoypuCoypu – Coypu is the name used in South America where the coypu is native. It has been introduced into North America and Europe. Nutria is also an ambigous name as a different species (the otter) is known as Nutria is some countries/languages. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:14, 31 October 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. TarnishedPath^talk 02:35, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment and question: "Nutria" seems to be a much more popular term in English. Is it substantially ambiguous in English? The hatnote in this article doesn't mention otters, and there is no Nutria (disambiguation) page. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 23:50, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I don't see why meanings in other languages are relevant in this context. This is the English wiki. – Primium (talk) 23:21, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Coypu is also the name commonly used for the animal everywhere else. Nutria is commonly used only for the fur. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:13, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nutria definitely refers to the animal, not the fur, at least in the United States. My search results for "nutria" are only pages-and-pages of discussion of the rodent, not its fur. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:27, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In Europe, "coypu" is the common name for the animal. So maybe America is an outlier here. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:26, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Google gives me 8,080,000 results for "nutria" and only 685,000 results for "coypu", and of the eleven corpora the Google Ngram Viewer offers, only two show a definite preference for coypu (eight prefer nutria, one doesn't really mention either). Based on this I'd say "nutria" is the more common English term for the critter. NekoKatsun (nyaa) 16:49, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Mammals and WikiProject Rodents have been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 02:35, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - per the ngram results from NekoKatsun - UtherSRG (talk) 16:16, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I note there was a previous discussion that moved this from the proposed destination to the current title. - UtherSRG (talk) 16:23, 8 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note that there was an even earlier, and much better attended, discussion that ended in no consensus. This appears to be an ENGVAR issue. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:29, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AjaxSmack, PatGallacher, Anaxial, Cuchullain, SMcCandlish, Ortizesp, and ModernDayTrilobite:. Who took part in the previous discussions. -- Necrothesp (talk) 17:04, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per NekoKatsun and WP:COMMONNAME. Sushidude21! (talk) 12:21, 9 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. "Nutria" was the COMMONNAME when the last RM occurred back in 2021, and reviewing the evidence again now, I believe it shows that "nutria" remains the COMMONNAME today. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 17:24, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Evidence above and in previous discussions shows Nutria is the common English name across countries, and especially in the US and Canada where they’re well established.—Cúchullain ^t/c 19:43, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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