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female muskrat comparison table
Subject be independent of parents have breeding season have number of litters give birth to have Order name stay underwater for is a kind of live in have scientific name swim eat have gestation period hunt for has part suckle have habitat eat by have Family name
female mammal   live babies  mammal       babies   
muskratat 6 weeks of ageMarch, April or May right after spring breakup3 in a summer Order Rodentia15 minutes by reducing its heart rate and relaxing its muscles when submerged which reduces the rate at which oxygen is usedrat, mouse or volea lodge or burrow in bankOndatra zibethicusvery wellcattails, bulrushes, horsetails, pondweeds, sedges, wild rice, willows, fish, frogs, and clams furwaterproof fur fresh water marshes, marshy areas of lakes, and slow-moving streamsmink, snapping turtle, northern pike, wolf, coyote, fox, domestic dog, badger, wolverine, fisher, raccoon, and lynxFamily Muridae
female muskratat 6 weeks of ageMarch, April or May right after spring breakup3 in a summerlive babiesOrder Rodentia15 minutes by reducing its heart rate and relaxing its muscles when submerged which reduces the rate at which oxygen is usedmuskrata lodge or burrow in bankOndatra zibethicusvery wellcattails, bulrushes, horsetails, pondweeds, sedges, wild rice, willows, fish, frogs, and clamsless than 1 monthfur babiesfresh water marshes, marshy areas of lakes, and slow-moving streamsmink, snapping turtle, northern pike, wolf, coyote, fox, domestic dog, badger, wolverine, fisher, raccoon, and lynxFamily Muridae

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