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Muskrat
Subject: Muskrat
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Muskrat


Muskrat, large aquatic rodent (a type of vole) native to North America. The name comes from the musk secreted from two glands at the base of the tail. It is a good swimmer, with partly webbed hind feet and a long, scaly tail. Its commercially valuable fur (musquash) is glossy brown and durable. Muskrats inhabit tunnels or nests by a lake or stream. Length, including tail: to 53.5cm; weight: to 1.8kg. Family Cricetidae; species Ondatra zibethicus.

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