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Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

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Field Notes

Habitat:

Found by a small stream in an urban area

Species ID Suggestions

Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus
KevinS.
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Comments (12)
Ursula
Pižmovka! :) Although at first I thought it was nutrija (coypu). Haven't seen this one for real -yet, so nice find! :)
Jopy
I found that they live in France, introduced because of fur and food :)
FaredinAliyevski
Hehehe, I checked the list of mammals of France, but they had not included the introduced species :D. Because of the fashion they have introduced the animals that had useful fur :D
Jopy
hahaha That's all rodents I know, including Beaver :)
Tom15
It does look like a Muscrat. It has the rudder-like tail that Muscrats have.
Jopy
My last try is Common muskrat... it's introduced in Europe
FaredinAliyevski
No, it's not that as well. But I need to upload the nutria spotting as well :). I started to think maybe it's an invasive species
Jopy
I agree, just remind me of Water vole, my second thought was Nutria?
FaredinAliyevski
That's the first thing I thought of but it's not. This one is a bit bigger and has a weird tail that doesn't look like the water voles tail. That's why I put the second photo to show the weird tail used for swimming :D
Jopy
maybe Arvicola amphibius, Water Vole...?

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Wildlife in Ile-De-France
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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedMarch 23, 2014

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