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Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

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Field Notes

Description:

Largest and most aquatic member of the vole family. It resides in marshes, shallow lakes, and slowflowing streams and rivers where there is abundant vegetation and the water does not freeze to the bottom.

Habitat:

Shoreline of a large river.

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