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	Nebraska Game and Parks Commission - Wildlife Species Guide - Muskrat
		Muskrats are throughout Nebraska wherever suitable aquatic habitat exists, and are among the most abundant furbearers in Nebraska.
		Muskrats prefer aquatic stands of cattail, bulrush and pond weeds, both for the green shoots during the growing season and for under-ice foraging for tubers and roots during late fall and winter.
		Muskrat populations can fluctuate wildly from year to year, based on vegetation and water conditions, and populations can actually be too successful for their own good.
	www.ngpc.state.ne.us /wildlife/muskrat.asp (1503 words)

	Muskrat
		Muskrats have small front feet, used mainly to hold food, but their hind feet are large and webbed.
		Muskrats, which have a soft fur used for coats and hats, are the most commonly trapped animal in North America.
		Muskrat lodges, which look like those of beavers only smaller, are usually 6 to 8 feet in diameter at the base and have walls 1 to 2 feet thick.
	fwp.state.mt.us /mtoutdoors/HTML/Articles/Portraits/Muskrat.htm (712 words)

	Muskrat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Muskrat or Musquash (Ondatra zibethicus), the only species in genus Ondatra, is a large aquatic rodent native to North America, and introduced in parts of Europe.
		Muskrat populations appear to go through a regular pattern of rise and dramatic decline spread over a 6 to 10 year period.
		Muskrats are named because of the musk glands located near the underside of their tail.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muskrat (755 words)

	Muskrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The muskrat is a rodent closely related to the field mouse, and resembles it except for size.
		Muskrats weigh from one to three pounds, are dark brown in color, and have a long, naked tail which is flattened vertically.
		In marshes, the presence of muskrats is usually indicated by the occurrence of scattered dome-shaped lodges.
	www.mntrappers.com /muskrat.html (975 words)

	CT DEP: Muskrat Fact Sheet
		The muskrat is further adapted for its semi-aquatic life with lips that act as valves, closing behind the front incisors so it can actually gnaw underwater.
		Muskrats eat a variety of food, though, and usually are able to maintain high population levels.
		Muskrats are active throughout the year and, although mainly nocturnal, are sometimes seen during the day.
	dep.state.ct.us /burnatr/wildlife/factshts/muskrat.htm (932 words)

	Muskrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The muskrat and the beaver are from the same family.
		The muskrat has little hairs that are waterproof, and the hair that is called protective guard hair is long and brown.
		The muskrat is a lot like the beaver but is a few inches smaller.
	www.holoweb.com /cannon/muskrat.htm (284 words)

	FOR-51 MANAGING MUSKRAT PROBLEMS IN KENTUCKY
		Muskrats also hold a special place in the scientific and wildlife community because much of our early understanding of wild animal population dynamics was derived using the muskrat as an experimental animal.
		Muskrats are vegetarians and relish cattails, bulrush, smartweed, duck potato, horsetail, water lily, sedges, young willow sprouts and pickerel weed.
		Muskrat pelts are in their best condition at this time of year, and the pelts may be sold to local furbuyers if you possess a valid Kentucky hunting and trapping permit.
	www.ca.uky.edu /agc/pubs/for/for51/for51.htm (1960 words)

	Muskrat: Wildlife Notebook Series - Alaska Department of Fish and Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The highest populations of muskrat are in the broad floodplains and deltas of major rivers and in marshy areas dotted with small lakes.
		Muskrats are one of Alaska's most visible and numerous furbearers; but harsh winters, dry summers, and overpopulation result in periodic fluctuations in numbers.
		Muskrat fur is beautiful and durable and the meat is very tasty and commonly used as human food.
	www.adfg.state.ak.us /pubs/notebook/furbear/muskrat.php (986 words)

	Common Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
		Muskrats are principally marsh inhabitants; creeks, rivers, lakes, drainage ditches, and canals support small populations in places where requisite food and shelter are available.
		Muskrats were, at one time, the most economically important furbearing mammal in eastern Texas, but this is no longer true.
		The decline in importance of the muskrat as a furbearing mammal is a reflection of a loss of habitat as a result of marsh deterioration and resultant population decline, variations in market demand, and the increasing importance of the nutria as an important furbearing mammal.
	www.nsrl.ttu.edu /tmot1/ondazibe.htm (616 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Program - Muskrat
		Muskrats build dome-shaped lodges similar to but smaller than beavers' lodges (about 4 3.5 feet in diameter), in areas that contain an abundance of the same vegetation that constitutes their diet, such as bulrushes, cattails and burreed.
		Muskrats are nocturnal and most active at dusk, dawn or after nightfall, but they can be seen during the day in all seasons, sunning themselves on logs or swimming.
		Muskrats are abundant in the eastern U.S., California, the southwest, Texas and Florida.
	www.chesapeakebay.net /muskrat.htm (677 words)

	Muskrat Recipes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Another true fur bearer, the muskrat (also known in restaurants and in some areas as "marsh rabbit," although there is a true swamp or marsh rabbit) is noted for its clean food habits.
		The muskrat, even a young one that will weigh about 1 pound and serve 2 people, should be soaked overnight at least, in 2 or 3 baths of water with 1 tablespoon salt per quart, or use 1 cup vinegar to each quart of water.
		As muskrat is mainly herbivorous, its flesh is sweet and palatable, similar to rabbit, although darker, and is fine grained.
	ushotstuff.com /wg/MuskratSmp.htm (408 words)

	Muskrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The young muskrats, blind and naked at birth, are raised either in a nest chamber within the muskrat house or in a den in the bank.
		Another good muskrat set can be made by securing a trap to a board (with nails or a cleat to hold it in place) and sticking the board in the slough bottom at an angle so that the muskrat would use it as a feeding or resting place.
		A basic muskrat stretcher is eighteen inches long, eight and one-half inches wide at the base, tapering to five inches wide one foot from the base and down to a rounded end.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/tools/furtake/muskrat.htm (1647 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Muskrat
		Although the muskrat builds lodges near the water and is an accomplished swimmer, it is not a close relative of the beaver, as is sometimes thought.
		During the winter a thick layer of ice restricts the muskrat to the interior of the lodge or burrow and the watery environment beneath the ice.
		Characteristics of a population of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) in New Brunswick.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=96 (2813 words)

	Muskrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The muskrat likes to live in marshes, ponds, lakes and slow moving streams where there is plenty to eat.
		Muskrats are primarily vegetarians and like to feed on different aqautic plants.
		Usually a nocturnal animal, the muskrat is not sociable except when with a mate or when they share a communal den in the winter.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/Trails/4060/Muskrat.htm (320 words)

	Muskrat - Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The muskrat has short legs, and small forefeet that are used for grasping objects, and large, partially webbed, hind feet that are used for swimming.
		Muskrats are found in all life zones in the province except the alpine.
		Muskrats are trapped from early October to late April, depending on the region.
	www3.gov.ab.ca /srd/fw/trapping/af_musk.html (306 words)

	Canadian Biodiversity: Species: Mammals: Muskrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Muskrats are large (approximately sixty centimetres in length) and thus are one of the most important of all the fur-bearing animals.
		In the winter, muskrats form a structure dubbed a 'push-up,' a dome-like structure which is made from frozen vegetation.
		In the summer the muskrat will feed upon emergent vegetation such as cattails and sedges, but in the winter the diet is limited to submerged vegetation such as pond weeds.
	www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca /english/species/mammals/mammalpages/Ond_zib.htm (166 words)

	The Muskrat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Muskrats thrive in almost any wetland situation where aquatic vegetation is available and sufficient water depths exist to prevent complete freezing of water from surface to bottom during the winter.
		Muskrats are subject to cycles of abundance similar to those which occur in snowshoe hare and ruffed grouse populations.
		Muskrat populations in Wisconsin are controlled by setting the opening date and season length for harvests in accordance with management goals.
	www.jsonline.com /outdoors/wildlife/muskrat.stm (1586 words)

	Animal Planet :: Corwin's Carnival of Creatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The nests of the muskrats are formed by piles of vegetation placed on top of a good base, for example a tree stump, generally in 15 to 40 inches of water.
		The muskrat is found in swamps, marshes and wetlands from North America to the Gulf Coast and the Mexican border.
		Muskrats have a special adaptation called regional heterothermia, which regulates the flow of blood to the feet and tail, allowing these structures to be cooler than the body core.
	animal.discovery.com /fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/lilmammal/muskrat.html (587 words)

	muskrat
		Muskrats are active throughout the day, but they are especially active when it gets dark.
		Muskrats leave scent posts, a small pile of leaves and grass blades mixed with body fluids, to mark their territory.
		Muskrats are very important as marsh managers, removing extra plants and making sure waterways are clear.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/muskrat.htm (434 words)

	Muskrat
		The muskrat generally inhabits wetlands with an abundant supply of aquatic vegetation such as swamps, coastal and freshwater marshes, lakes, ponds, and slow-moving streams.
		The muskrat is found throughout the United States except in the predominantly dry areas.
		The muskrat's normal home range is usually within 200 yards of its den, although it may travel several miles over land in search of suitable habitat.
	kaweahoaks.com /html/muskrat.html (565 words)

	Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus); Muskrat
		Newborn muskrats have their eyes and ears closed, are sparsely haired, and have a round tail (Errington, 1939).
		Muskrats are chiefly nocturnal but may be active at any hour of the day or night all seasons of the year.
		Muskrats are primarily vegetatians and feed on the stems, leaves, and roots of many plants.
	www.discoverlife.org /nh/tx/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Muridae/Ondatra/zibethicus (991 words)

	Muskrat--BIOLOGICAL AND ECOTOXICOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATE SPECIES RESIDING IN ESTUARIES
		The muskrat is specifically found in fresh and saltwater marshes, ponds, and rivers and prefers to build its lodge or den near slow moving water (McConnell and Powers, 1995).
		Muskrats were collected from the lower section of Virginia’s Elizabeth River, an area with heavily contaminated with metals and PAH’s, in 1987 and 1988 (Halbrook et al., 1993).
		Muskrat populations in Virginia's Elizabeth River: physiological condition and accumulation of environmental contaminants.
	www.pwrc.usgs.gov /bioeco/muskrat.htm (2055 words)

	YOJOE.COM \| Muskrat
		Muskrat (version 3) was released carded as part of the twelfth series (1993).
		Muskrat came with a green helmet (that could attach to the missile launcher), a three fl guns, a fl knife, an orange missile launcher (spring loaded, actually fired), two fl missiles, and a fl figure stand.
		Muskrat's body is entirely original - no parts were taken from other figures and no parts were ever re-used.
	www.yojoe.com /action/93/muskrat3.shtml (184 words)

	muskrat on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Muskrat burrows are constructed above water level and are connected to an underwater entrance by a tunnel; huts are built with an underwater opening.
		The round-tailed muskrat, or Florida water rat, Neofiber alleni, is found in swampy regions of Florida and SE Georgia.
		Muskrats are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Cricetidae.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/m1/muskrat.asp (839 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		Ordinarily the muskrat tows food out to a feeding platform, which is littered with plant cuttings and other scattered food debris.
		Until the decline of the fur industry, muskrat fur was considered extremely desirable because it is durable and waterproof.
		Muskrats often cause damage to dams or levees with their tunneling activities; they may also feed upon crops.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesGS.asp?sort=1&curGroupID=99&display=1&area=99&searchText=Muskrat&curPageNum=1&recnum=MA0086 (711 words)

	Muskrat Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		Muskrats are rodents that live in freshwater and saltwater marshes, lakes, ponds, and streams.
		Muskrats are native to North America, but have been brought to Europe and Asia, where they now live in the wild.
		Muskrats cannot move very quickly on land, so their best defense is to retreat into the water or into their burrow or house.
	enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/rodent/Muskratprintout.shtml (221 words)

	Canku Ota - July 15, 2000 - Muskrats
		The muskrat (Ondatra zibethica) is a member of the family of rodents and is a valuable fur bearing animal.
		The muskrat's fur is of a rich brown color with a silverish belly.
		During the mating season muskrats are very aggressive and ignore another male's territorial boundaries marked by scent deposits produced by glands that are located near the base of their tail.
	www.turtletrack.org /Issues00/Co07152000/CO_07152000_Muskrats.htm (949 words)

	Muskrat: Nature Snapshots from Minnesota DNR: Minnesota DNR
		The muskrat and its bigger cousin, the beaver, are the only mammals that actually build homes in the water.
		Muskrats eat the roots, stems, leaves, and fruits of a many water plants, such as cattail, wild rice, water lilies, and rushes.
		The muskrat's main predators are mink and otters.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /snapshots/mammals/muskrat.html (351 words)

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