Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) {!--사향쥐(麝香-)--> From the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's online digital media library.
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Metadata
Title: Common Muskrat
Alternative Title: Ondatra zibethica
Creator: Menke, Dave
Source: WV-Menke1-3000
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER-PUBLICATIONS AND TRAINING MATERIALS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: California, mammals, Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, rodent
Description
Abstract: Muskrats are closely related to beavers, but a few inches smaller. Muskrats have little hairs that are waterproof, and the hair that is called protective guard hair is long and brown. The muskrat has webbed feet for swimming. They burrow in the banks of a river or in marshes. They have families of up to six babies in a litter.
Date Issued: July 15 2004
