Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus, 1766

Hoffman, Justin D., Lester, Courtney, Doucet, Darian & Iguwe, Damilola, 2024, UPDATED CHECKLIST AND DISTRIBUTION Of WILD TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS IN LOUISIANA, Occasional Papers of the Museum 389, pp. 1-28 : 15

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15748679
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15757105
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scientific name	Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus, 1766
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Common Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus are commonly encountered in southern Louisiana, with some records from the northeast and northwest regions. Since Lowery (1974), new specimen records were reported from Assumption and Rapides parishes.

Specimen records (4).— Assumption Parish (3): Vicinity Pierre Part, 29.965N, -91.203W, 3 ( LSUMZ 27739 View Materials , 28303 View Materials , 28304 View Materials ). GoogleMaps Rapides Parish (1): 6.5 mi S LeCompte City Hall , 31.004N, - 92.400W, 1 ( LSUMZ 32126 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae
Genus	Ondatra

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