Muskrat

Closest Relatives at Rocky Mountain National Park

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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

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	50–60%
2	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	20–30%
3	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
4	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
5	Tierra del Fuego National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	10–20%
6	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
7	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
8	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
9	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
10	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	10–20%
11	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
12	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	10–20%
13	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	10–20%
14	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
15	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
16	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
17	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
18	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	0–10%
19	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	0–10%
20	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
21	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
22	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
23	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	Insufficient data
24	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
25	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
26	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
27	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
28	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Muskrat in Rocky Mountain National Park?

About 16% of visitor-days record a Muskrat sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park, based on 61 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Muskrat in Rocky Mountain National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Muskrat in Rocky Mountain National Park in our monthly data.