Coypu in Latin America and parts of Europe. In France, the coypu is known as a "ragondin". In Dutch, it is known as "beverrat" (beaver rat). In German, it is known as "Nutria", "Biberratte" (beaver rat), or "Sumpfbiber" (swamp beaver). In Italy, instead, the popular name is, as in North America and Asia, "nutria", but it is also called "castorino" ("little beaver"), by which its fur is known in Italy. In Swedish, the animal is known as "sumpbäver" (marsh/swamp beaver). In Brazil, the animal is known as "ratão-do-banhado", "nútria", or "caxingui" (the last from the Tupi language). The coypu was first
Brandon (given name) Brandon (given name) Brandon is a masculine given name which originates from two or possibly three separate sources, two Celtic, the other, Anglo-Saxon, and has historically been used by these different cultures independently. Today, most people with the name do not have any connection or lineage with any of these sources and use them as if they were the same name. In the instances of the Celtic origins, it is either a variant of the Irish masculine given name, Breandán, or descended from the Old Welsh name Brân, meaning "crow". The Anglo-Saxon origin is the surname "Brandon". The given name