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Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Castor zibethicus was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Fiber zibethicus by Leidy (1860), Hay (1902) and Hollister (1911); it was recombined as Ondatra zibethica by Hibbard (1955) and Wilson (1967); it was misspelled as Ondatra zibethica by Crile and Quiring (1940); it was recombined as Ondatra zibethicus by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Wilson and Reeder (1993), Galewski et al. (2006) and Albright et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Castor zibethicus Linnaeus
1860Fiber zibethicus Leidy p. 113
1902Fiber zibethicus Hay p. 729
1911Fiber nebrascensis Hollister
1911Fiber zibethicus Hollister
1940Ondatra zibethica Crile and Quiring p. 248
1955Ondatra zibethica Hibbard p. 216
1956Ondatra triradicatus Starrett
1966Ondatra nebrascensis Semken, Jr.
1967Ondatra zibethica Wilson p. 209
1976Ondatra nebrascensis Miller
1980Ondatra nebrascensis Kurten and Anderson p. 266
1980Ondatra zibethicus Kurten and Anderson p. 266
1993Ondatra nebrascensis Martin
1993Ondatra zibethicus Wilson and Reeder
2006Ondatra zibethicus Galewski et al.
2019Ondatra zibethicus Albright et al. p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyArvicolinae()
tribeOndatrini()
genusOndatraLink 1795
specieszibethicus(Linnaeus 1766)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 [muskrat]
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Invalid names: Fiber nebrascensis Hollister 1911 [synonym], Ondatra triradicatus Starrett 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:22:03
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:47:52
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ondatra zibethicus (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Ondatra zibethicus (124319)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Ondatra zibethica (126660)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Ondatra zibethicus (74246)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Ondatra zibethicus (104698)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Ondatra nebrascensis (20309) Ondatra triradicatus (20157)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Ondatra nebrascensis (20143 20154 20347 20348 20375 20376 20500 20501)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Canada (Yukon) Ondatra zibethicus (20434)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Ondatra nebrascensis (20142 20332 20390) Ondatra zibethicus (20312 20422 20423 20424)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Ondatra zibethicus (20520)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Ondatra zibethicus (20318)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (Kansas) Ondatra zibethicus (20492)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Nevada) Ondatra zibethicus (223356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ondatra zibethicus (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Arizona) Ondatra zibethicus (63562)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Ondatra zibethicus (82258 103991 104697 104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ondatra zibethicus (20647)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Ondatra zibethicus (74145)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Ohio) Ondatra zibethicus (93208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Ondatra zibethicus (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Ondatra zibethicus (93143 93259)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Ondatra zibethica (154773) Ondatra zibethicus (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nebraska) Ondatra zibethicus (93179)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Ondatra zibethicus (20602)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Ondatra zibethicus (20635)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Ondatra zibethicus (20626)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Ondatra zibethicus (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Ondatra zibethicus (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Ondatra zibethicus (123868 124198 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Ondatra zibethicus (206987)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Ondatra zibethicus (20615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Ondatra zibethica (200325 200485 200623 200627) Ondatra zibethicus (63150)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Ondatra zibethicus (93182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Ondatra zibethicus (63566)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Ondatra zibethicus (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Ondatra zibethicus (104034 104689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Ondatra zibethicus (221970 224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Ondatra zibethicus (104671 104675 104707)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Ondatra zibethicus (195062 195066 195069)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Ondatra zibethicus (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Ondatra zibethicus (220460)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Ondatra zibethicus (228921)