(1) My guess is it's a coypu - a large South American rodent.(2) Cattle, and goats are susceptible to FMD and some wild animal such as coypu can also become infected.(3) These include the capybara, the agouti, the coypu , the cavy and the chinchilla.(4) Nutria, called Myocastor coypus , have added to the destruction by devouring wetlands.