Muskrat
The muskrat ( Ondatra zibethicus ) is a Rongeur of the family of the Muridé S from 30 to 40 cm length and which can reach 2 kg. It has a famous person with powerful incisors, strong posterior legs and a long compressed almost naked tail laterally.
It is an amphibious animal which lives near stagnant waters or current; it digs burrows emerging normally under water, or built “huts” - vegetable remains accumulations in the Roselière S. Its food mode is primarily composed of plants which it supplements by some aquatic animals.
Originating in North America it was introduced in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. It is now common and causes sometimes damage with the dams and the banks which it saps with its burrows. In France for example the muskrat is registered on the Liste of the likely animals of harmful classified beings.
It should not be confused with the Ragondin ( Myocastor coypus ), another rodent much larger (up to 9 kg) of the family of the Capromyidé S originating in South America, also introduced to him in Europe.
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