Ondatra

Flooding during spring breakup also provides sediments and nutrients to deltas [40], which in turn help sustain unique and highly productive habitats for plant and animal species, including fish, waterfowl, and small mammals such as muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) [41].

Freshwater ecosystems in the Arctic 2009

Other smaller mammals include muskrat Ondatra zibethicus, cottontail rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus, and a number of mice, mole and shrew species.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States 2009

Mussels are an important source of food for aquatic predators and land-based scavengers such as river otters (Lutra canadensis), muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus), raccoons (Procyon lotor), and skunks (Mephitidae).

Freshwater mussels in North America - factors affecting their endangerment and extinction 2009

Bystrinskiy Nature Park encloses the Ichinskiy zoological zakaznik, and includes Canadian beaver Castor canadensis, collared lemming Dicrostonyx lorquatus, blackcapped marmot Marmota camtschatica, muskrat Ondatra zibethicus, american mink Mustela vison, Kolymskiy moose Alces alces buterlini and large numbers of domesticated reindeer.

Volcanoes of Kamchatka, Russian Federation 2008

Rodents include beaver Castor canadensis and muskrat Ondatra zibethica.

Waterton Lakes National Park, Canada 2008

A total of 46 other mammal species have been recorded including black bear Ursus americanus, woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou, Arctic fox Alopex lagopus, moose Alces alces, grey wolf Canis lupus (V), lynx Lynx canadensis, snowshoe hare Lepus americanus, muskrat Ondatra zibethica, beaver Castor canadensis and mink Mustela vison.

Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada 2008

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) next to its house in a cattail-dominated marsh.

Non-tidal marsh 2007

The one through which the Ondatra led him sloped upward gradually for quite a long distance; it ended in a wide chamber in which there were three other openings.

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

The slender tail of the Lady Ondatra quivered as she drew closer to her babies.

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902

"Our fur, which is used in making hats, is highly esteemed," said the Lady Ondatra stiffly, "and our flesh, though musky, of such excellent flavour that the natives prefer us to Wild Duck."

The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories William Patten 1902