Ondatra zibethicus - #5802

Common Muskrat
Geographic Distribution

North America, north to the treeline, including Newfoundland; south to the Gulf of México, Rio Grande and lower Colorado River valleys. Introduced to Czech Republic in 1905 and now widespread in the Palearctic, including C and N Europe, most of Ukraine, Russia, and Siberia, adjacent parts of Mongolia and scattered throughout China, NE Korea, and Honshu Isl, Japan; also into southernmost Argentina

Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Ondatra
Specific Epithet
zibethicus
Image Location
USA, MI, Oakland co., Kensington Metropark
Image Date
30 May 2014
Photographer
CR Scharf