| 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 | |
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