Muskrat, the Glossary
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.[1]
Table of Contents
104 relations: Abenaki, Acequia, Adaptation, Algonquian languages, Alligator, Amu Darya, Aquatic animal, Aquatic locomotion, Arvicolinae, Ash Wednesday, BBC, BBC One, Bear, Beaver, Bobcat, Brown rat, Bull shark, Bullfrog, Canal, Carbon dioxide, Carl Linnaeus, Catholic News Service, Civet, Civet (perfumery), Coal, Common snapping turtle, Cougar, Countershading, Coyote, Crayfish, Creation myth, Cricetidae, David Attenborough, Detroit River, Dispensation (Catholic canon law), Eagle, Earless seal, Ecological niche, Elk, Esox, Europe, European Union, Fish, Fox, Frog, Fur clothing, Genus, Golden jackal, Hakai Magazine, Hamster, ... Expand index (54 more) »
- Mammals described in 1766
- Mammals of the Arctic
- Semiaquatic mammals
- Voles and lemmings
Abenaki
The Abenaki (Abenaki: Wαpánahki) are Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States.
Acequia
An acequia or is a community-operated watercourse used in Spain and former Spanish colonies in the Americas for irrigation.
Adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.
Algonquian languages
The Algonquian languages (also Algonkian) are a subfamily of the Indigenous languages of the Americas and most of the languages in the Algic language family are included in the group.
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Alligator
An alligator, or colloquially gator, is a large reptile in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae of the order Crocodilia.
Amu Darya
The Amu Darya, also called the Amu, the Amo, and historically the Oxus (Latin: Ōxus; Greek: Ὦξος, Ôxos), is a major river in Central Asia, which flows through Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.
Aquatic animal
An aquatic animal is any animal, whether vertebrate or invertebrate, that lives in water for all or most of its lifetime.
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Aquatic locomotion
Aquatic locomotion or swimming is biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium.
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Arvicolinae
The Arvicolinae are a subfamily of rodents that includes the voles, lemmings, and muskrats. Muskrat and Arvicolinae are voles and lemmings.
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
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BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
Bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.
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Beaver
Beavers (genus Castor) are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere. Muskrat and Beaver are semiaquatic mammals.
Bobcat
The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.
Brown rat
The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat and Norwegian rat, is a widespread species of common rat.
Bull shark
The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), also known as the Zambezi shark (informally zambi) in Africa and Lake Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a species of requiem shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers.
Bullfrog
Bullfrog is a common English language term to refer to large, aggressive frogs, regardless of species.
Canal
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi).
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service (CNS) is an American news agency owned by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that reports on the Catholic Church.
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Civet
A civet is a small, lean, mostly nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa, especially the tropical forests.
Civet (perfumery)
Civet (Zibeth; Zibet; Zibetum), also known as civet musk and civet oil, is the glandular secretion produced by both sexes of Viverridae species.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
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Common snapping turtle
The common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is a species of large freshwater turtle in the family Chelydridae. Muskrat and common snapping turtle are Fauna of the Great Lakes region (North America).
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Cougar
The cougar (Puma concolor) (KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas.
Countershading
Countershading, or Thayer's law, is a method of camouflage in which an animal's coloration is darker on the top or upper side and lighter on the underside of the body.
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Coyote
The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America.
Crayfish
Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans belonging to the infraorder Astacidea, which also contains lobsters.
Creation myth
A creation myth or cosmogonic myth is a type of cosmogony, a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it.
Cricetidae
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.
David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926) is a British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer.
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Detroit River
The Detroit River is an international river in North America.
Dispensation (Catholic canon law)
In the jurisprudence of the canon law of the Catholic Church, a dispensation is the exemption from the immediate obligation of law in certain cases.
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Eagle
Eagle is the common name for the golden eagle, bald eagle, and other birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Earless seal
The earless seals, phocids, or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia.
Ecological niche
In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition.
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Elk
The elk (elk or elks; Cervus canadensis), or wapiti, is the second largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in its native range of North America and Central and East Asia.
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Esox
Esox is a genus of freshwater fish commonly known as pike or pickerel.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
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Fox
Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae.
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Frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek ἀνούρα, literally 'without tail').
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Fur clothing
Fur clothing is clothing made from the preserved skins of mammals.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Golden jackal
The golden jackal (Canis aureus), also called the common jackal, is a wolf-like canid that is native to Eurasia.
Hakai Magazine
Hakai Magazine in an online magazine which publishes short and feature-length journalistic stories on topics related to coastal science, ecology and communities.
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Hamster
Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 species classified in seven genera.
Hawk
Hawks are birds of prey of the family Accipitridae.
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Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
The Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO) is an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand in 1996.
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Heron
Herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 72 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons.
International Journal for Parasitology
The International Journal for Parasitology is an international medical journal published for the Australian Society for Parasitology by Elsevier.
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Introduced species
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.
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Invasive species
An invasive species is an introduced species that harms its new environment.
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Irrigation
Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.
Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link
Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (2 February 1767 – 1 January 1851) was a German naturalist and botanist.
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Largemouth bass
The largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) is a carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico.
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Lemming
A lemming is a small rodent, usually found in or near the Arctic in tundra biomes. Muskrat and lemming are Arctic land animals and voles and lemmings.
Lent
Lent (Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry.
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Levee
A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.
List of invasive alien species of Union concern
In 2016, following the EU Regulation 1143/2014 on Invasive Alien Species (IAS), the European Commission published a first list of 37 IAS of Union concern.
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Lynx
A lynx (lynx or lynxes) is any of the four extant species (the Canada lynx, Iberian lynx, Eurasian lynx and the bobcat) within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.
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Maize
Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain.
Metorchis conjunctus
Metorchis conjunctus, common name Canadian liver fluke, is a species of trematode parasite in the family Opisthorchiidae.
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Michigan
Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.
Mink
Mink are dark-colored, semiaquatic, carnivorous mammals of the genera Neogale and Mustela and part of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, otters, and ferrets. Muskrat and Mink are semiaquatic mammals.
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Monitor lizard
Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae.
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Moose
The moose ('moose'; used in North America) or elk ('elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (Alces alces) is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus Alces.
Mouse
A mouse (mice) is a small rodent.
Musk
Musk is a class of aromatic substances commonly used as base notes in perfumery.
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Mussel
Mussel is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats.
Neo-Latin
Neo-LatinSidwell, Keith Classical Latin-Medieval Latin-Neo Latin in; others, throughout.
Neontology
Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, recent) organisms.
Nuphar polysepala
Nuphar polysepala (the great yellow pond-lily or wokas; syn. Nuphar polysepalum orth. err., Nuphar lutea subsp. polysepala (Engelm.) E.O.Beal) is a species of Nuphar native to western North America.
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Official Journal of the European Union
The Official Journal of the European Union (the OJEU) is the official gazette of record for the European Union (EU).
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Omnivore
An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.
Online Etymology Dictionary
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
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Ottawa
Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.
Otter
Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae.
Owl
Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight.
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Parboiling
Parboiling (or leaching) is the partial or semi boiling of food as the first step in cooking.
Powhatan
The Powhatan people are Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands who belong to member tribes of the Powhatan Confederacy, or Tsenacommacah.
Raccoon
The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America.
Rat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents.
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Rattus
Rattus is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats.
Reindeer
The reindeer or caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. Muskrat and reindeer are Arctic land animals and mammals of the Arctic.
Rodent
Rodents (from Latin rodere, 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.
Round-tailed muskrat
The round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat. Muskrat and round-tailed muskrat are voles and lemmings.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP; Gendarmerie royale du Canada; GRC) is the national police service of Canada.
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Semiaquatic
In biology, being semi-aquatic refers to various macroorganisms that live regularly in both aquatic and terrestrial environments.
Snake
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.
Specific name (zoology)
In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).
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Sulfur
Sulfur (also spelled sulphur in British English) is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16.
The Life of Mammals
The Life of Mammals is a nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the United Kingdom from 20 November 2002.
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Turtle
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs.
Typha
Typha is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae.
Vole
Voles are small rodents that are relatives of lemmings and hamsters, but with a stouter body; a longer, hairy tail; a slightly rounder head; smaller eyes and ears; and differently formed molars (high-crowned with angular cusps instead of low-crowned with rounded cusps). Muskrat and Vole are voles and lemmings.
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Wetland
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.
Whale
Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals.
Wolf
The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.
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Wolverine
The wolverine (Gulo gulo), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, kwiihkwahaacheew), is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae. Muskrat and wolverine are Arctic land animals and mammals of the Arctic.
Wyandot language
Wyandot (also Wyandotte, Wendat, Quendat or Huron) is the Iroquoian language traditionally spoken by the people known as Wyandot or Wyandotte, descended from the Tionontati.
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See also
Mammals described in 1766
- Aardvark
- Arrow flying squirrel
- Asian house shrew
- Barbary striped grass mouse
- Black lemur
- Brazilian squirrel
- Bubal hartebeest
- Capybara
- Colombian red howler
- Common eland
- Crab-eating fox
- Dama gazelle
- Desert warthog
- Eurasian pygmy shrew
- European edible dormouse
- European ground squirrel
- Garden dormouse
- Golden lion tamarin
- Greater kudu
- Greater spot-nosed monkey
- Green monkey
- Harnessed bushbuck
- Hartebeest
- Indian palm squirrel
- Least weasel
- Long-tailed pangolin
- Lowland paca
- Mongoose lemur
- Mountain gazelle
- Muskrat
- Nilgai
- Northern common cuscus
- Pallas's long-tongued bat
- Red giant flying squirrel
- Red-handed howler
- Rock hyrax
- Saiga antelope
- Silvery marmoset
- South American coati
- Southern pig-tailed macaque
- West African potto
- White-faced saki
- White-nosed coati
- Yak
- Yellow baboon
Mammals of the Arctic
- ABC Islands bear
- Alaska Peninsula brown bear
- Alaska moose
- Alaskan tundra wolf
- Arctic fox
- Arctic ground squirrel
- Arctic hare
- Arctic lemming
- Arctic shrew
- Arctic wolf
- Barren ground shrew
- Barren-ground caribou
- Beringian lemming
- Brown bear
- Canadian lemming
- Caribou herds and populations in Canada
- Dolphin-Union caribou
- Grizzly bear
- Least weasel
- List of mammals of Nunavut
- Muskox
- Muskrat
- Nelson's collared lemming
- Northern collared lemming
- Northern red-backed vole
- Peary caribou
- Polar bear
- Polar bears
- Red fox
- Reindeer
- Sable
- Singing vole
- Taiga vole
- Tundra vole
- Tundra wolf
- Ungava brown bear
- Ungava collared lemming
- West Siberian lemming
- Wolverine
Semiaquatic mammals
- American mink
- Beaver
- Beavers
- Capybara
- Eurasian otter
- European mink
- Hippopotamus
- Hydrochoerus
- Hydrochoerus gaylordi
- Mink
- Muskrat
- Otters
- Pinnipeds
- Platypus
- Pygmy hippopotamus
- Pyrenean desman
- Russian desman
- Sea mink
- Sea otter
- Smooth-coated otter
Voles and lemmings
- Arborimus
- Arvicolinae
- Arvicolini
- Balkan snow vole
- Bramus
- Clethrionomyini
- Dicrostonychini
- Ellobius
- Ellobiusini
- Lagurini
- Lemming
- Lemmini
- Long-clawed mole vole
- Microtini
- Microtus
- Muskrat
- Mynomes
- Ondatrini
- Phenacomyini
- Phenacomys
- Pitymys
- Pliomys
- Round-tailed muskrat
- Steppe lemming
- Vole
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskrat
Also known as Common Muskrat, Fiber osoyooensis, Fiber zibethicus, Hudson seal, Musk Rat, Musk-rat, Muskbeaver, Muskrat Trapping, Muskrats, Musquash fur, North American muskrat, Ondatra, Ondatra zibethica, Ondatra zibethicus, Swamp bunny.
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