female muskrat | has average number of babies 5-10 | |
has gestation period less than 1 month | |
is a kind of female mammal | |
is a kind of muskrat | |
female mammal | gives birth to live babies | |
suckles babies | |
muskrat | can stay underwater for 15 minutes by reducing its heart rate and relaxing its muscles when submerged which reduces the rate at which oxygen is used | |
can swim very well | |
eats cattails, bulrushes, horsetails, pondweeds, sedges, wild rice, willows, fish, frogs, and clams | |
has breeding season March, April or May right after spring breakup | |
has habitat fresh water marshes, marshy areas of lakes, and slow-moving streams | |
has scientific name Ondatra zibethicus | |
is independent of parents at 6 weeks of age | |
is eaten by mink, snapping turtle, northern pike, wolf, coyote, fox, domestic dog, badger, wolverine, fisher, raccoon, and lynx | |
is hunted for fur | |
lives in a lodge or burrow in bank | |
may have number of litters 3 in a summer | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies | |
rat, mouse or vole | has Family name Family Muridae | |
rodent | has Order name Order Rodentia | |