muskrat Comparison Table

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muskrat comparison table

Subject be independent of parents have breeding season have number of litters have average number of babies give birth to 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

rat, mouse or vole rodent

muskrat at 6 weeks of age March, April or May right after spring breakup 3 in a summer 15 minutes by reducing its heart rate and relaxing its muscles when submerged which reduces the rate at which oxygen is used rat, mouse or vole a lodge or burrow in bank Ondatra zibethicus very well cattails, bulrushes, horsetails, pondweeds, sedges, wild rice, willows, fish, frogs, and clams fur waterproof fur fresh water marshes, marshy areas of lakes, and slow-moving streams mink, snapping turtle, northern pike, wolf, coyote, fox, domestic dog, badger, wolverine, fisher, raccoon, and lynx

female muskrat at 6 weeks of age March, April or May right after spring breakup 3 in a summer 5-10 live babies 15 minutes by reducing its heart rate and relaxing its muscles when submerged which reduces the rate at which oxygen is used muskrat a lodge or burrow in bank Ondatra zibethicus very well cattails, bulrushes, horsetails, pondweeds, sedges, wild rice, willows, fish, frogs, and clams less than 1 month fur babies fresh water marshes, marshy areas of lakes, and slow-moving streams mink, snapping turtle, northern pike, wolf, coyote, fox, domestic dog, badger, wolverine, fisher, raccoon, and lynx

Subject	be independent of parents	have breeding season	have number of litters	have average number of babies	give birth to	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
rat, mouse or vole							rodent
muskrat	at 6 weeks of age	March, April or May right after spring breakup	3 in a summer			15 minutes by reducing its heart rate and relaxing its muscles when submerged which reduces the rate at which oxygen is used	rat, mouse or vole	a lodge or burrow in bank	Ondatra zibethicus	very well	cattails, bulrushes, horsetails, pondweeds, sedges, wild rice, willows, fish, frogs, and clams		fur	waterproof fur		fresh water marshes, marshy areas of lakes, and slow-moving streams	mink, snapping turtle, northern pike, wolf, coyote, fox, domestic dog, badger, wolverine, fisher, raccoon, and lynx
female muskrat	at 6 weeks of age	March, April or May right after spring breakup	3 in a summer	5-10	live babies	15 minutes by reducing its heart rate and relaxing its muscles when submerged which reduces the rate at which oxygen is used	muskrat	a lodge or burrow in bank	Ondatra zibethicus	very well	cattails, bulrushes, horsetails, pondweeds, sedges, wild rice, willows, fish, frogs, and clams	less than 1 month	fur		babies	fresh water marshes, marshy areas of lakes, and slow-moving streams	mink, snapping turtle, northern pike, wolf, coyote, fox, domestic dog, badger, wolverine, fisher, raccoon, and lynx

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