Muskrat
Ondatra zibethicus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderRodentia (Rosegadors)
- FamilyCricetidae (Hamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies)
- GenusOndatra (Common Muskrats)
- SpeciesOndatra zibethicus (Muskrat)
Closest Relatives at Badlands National Park
Meadow Vole
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse
Onychomys leucogaster
Plains Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys montanus
Deer Mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus
Bushy-tailed Wood Rat
Neotoma cinerea
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Cynomys ludovicianus
Tamia mineur
Tamias minimus
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Ictidomys tridecemlineatus
Quiller
Erethizon dorsatus
American Beaver
Castor canadensis
Fox Squirrel
Sciurus niger
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Muskrat at Badlands National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there