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The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitats. It has important effects on the ecology of wetlands, and is a resource of food and fur for humans. Muskrat in pure waters of Big Springs source of the Henrys Fork of the Snake River near Island Park in Eastern Idaho. Muskrats, which really look more like beavers than rats, live in streams, sloughs, marshes, ponds and other shallow bodies of water, in marshes, they build lodges out of mud and vegetation. In streams, lakes or ponds, such as Big Spring, they burrow into the bank with an underwater entrance. Licensing and Open Edition Prints.

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The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over a wide range of climates and habitats. It has important effects on the ecology of wetlands, and is a resource of food and fur for humans. Muskrat in pure waters of Big Springs source of the Henrys Fork of the Snake River near Island Park in Eastern Idaho. Muskrats, which really look more like beavers than rats, live in streams, sloughs, marshes, ponds and other shallow bodies of water, in marshes, they build lodges out of mud and vegetation. In streams, lakes or ponds, such as Big Spring, they burrow into the bank with an underwater entrance. Licensing and Open Edition Prints.