Ondatra

See also: ondatra

Translingual

Ondatra zibethicus

Etymology

From French ondatra, from Huron/Wyandot; see ondatra.

Proper noun

Ondatra m

A taxonomic genus within the family Cricetidae – the muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus (sole extant species).

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Rodentia - order; Myomorpha - suborder; Muroidea - superfamily; Cricetidae - family; Arvicolinae - subfamily; Cricetini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Ondatra zibethicus - sole extant species; see Ondatra at Paleobiology Database for extinct species

References

Muskrat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ondatra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ondatra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ondatra in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Ondatra at Animal Diversity Web
Ondatra at AnimalBase
Ondatra at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Ondatra at Encyclopedia of Life
Ondatra at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Ondatra at Paleobiology Database

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