Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Class Mammalia > Subclass Eutheria > Order Rodentia > Suborder Sciurognathi > Family Muridae > Genus Ondatra

Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Castor Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

OndatraLink, 1795accepted genus name

Species group names

Castor zibethicus Linnaeus, 1766 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: Bisamrotte sources: danish PESI focal point
 Dutch: Muskusrat sources: Dutch Species Register
 English-United States: Musk Rat sources: Charles Hussey
 German: Bisam; Bisamratte sources: german PESI focal point;Germany PESI focal point
 Greek: Μοσχοποντικός sources: Greek PESI focal point
 Lithuanian: ondatra sources: Lithuanian PESI focal point
 Norwegian Bokmål: bisam; bisamrotte sources: Systema Naturae, 12th ed., 1:79
 Norwegian Nynorsk: bisam; bisamrotte sources: Systema Naturae, 12th ed., 1:79
 Russian: мускусная крыса; онда́тра sources: Russian PESI focal point
 Slovenian: pižmovka sources: Slovenian PESI focal point
 Spanish, Castillian: Rata almizclera sources: spanish PESI focal point
 Swedish: Bisam
 Turkish: Misk faresi; Misk sıçanı; Muskrat sources: Turkish PESI focal point
 Ukrainian: Ондатра звичайна

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External Links

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Citation

Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz. Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=305697

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

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Importance

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Last modified

2005-01-25 by Prof. Dr Wieslaw Bogdanowicz

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