Coypu In turn, these two taxa share evolutionary affinities with other Myocastorini genera: "Proechimys" and "Hoplomys" (armored rats) on the one hand, and "Thrichomys" on the other hand. The coypu somewhat resembles a very large rat, or a beaver with a small tail. Adults are typically in weight, and in body length, with a 30 to 45 cm (12 to 18 in) tail. It is possible for coypu to weigh up to , although adults usually average . They have coarse, darkish brown outer fur with soft dense grey under fur, also called the nutria. Three distinguishing features are a white
Alan (given name) what is today Brittany, France. An early figure who bore the name was St Alan, a 5th-century bishop of Quimper. This saint became a cult figure in the Brittany during the Middle Ages. Another early bearer of the name was St Alan, a 6th-century Cornish saint, who has a church dedicated to his memory in Cornwall (for example see St Allen, a civil parish in Cornwall named after this saint). Today the use of the given name (and its variants) is due to its popularity among the Bretons who imported the name to England, to Cornwall, and later to Ireland.