Small game
Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
- Group
- Small game
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Cricetidae
Range
- North America
- Europe
Habitat
- Wetland
Range
Countries it is found in
19 countries
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Canada
- China
- Czechia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Kazakhstan
- Liechtenstein
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Ukraine
- United States
Range from:ASM Mammal Diversity Database, GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Muskrat. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:no rights reservedCC0
Cross-reference
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