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Nutrias love the sun, and they reproduce rapidly in places with mild winters, according to wildlife experts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

They were good clear Nutrias and just the size that Andrews wore.

From Tales of the Road by Crewdson, Charles N. (Charles Newman)

Ditto, ancient, from ruins of Tâ´-ia or Las Nutrias.

From Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 by Stevenson, James