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During the winter of 1948–49 in the Amu Darya (river in central Asia), muskrats constituted 12.3% of jackal feces contents, and 71% of muskrat houses were destroyed by jackals, 16% of which froze and became unsuitable for muskrat occupation. Jackals also harm the muskrat industry by eating muskrats caught in traps or taking skins left out to dry.
The round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat. [2] The species is monotypic in the genus Neofiber . It is found only in the southeastern United States, where its natural habitat is swamps .
Golden-mantled ground squirrel. Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Least chipmunk, Tamias minimus, forests, common; Uinta chipmunk, Tamias umbrinus, forests, common ...
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The round-tailed muskrat (N. alleni) is only found in Florida and adjacent Georgia, just outside of the range of O. zibethicus. Some authorities place both genera in different tribes (Ondatrini for Ondatra , Neofibrini for Neofiber ), but the American Society of Mammalogists places both in Ondatrini, and some molecular evidence supports a close ...
Mammalian species that roam this refuge include raccoon, coyote, muskrat, squirrel, red fox, chipmunk, beaver, gray fox and bats. [8] Reptile and Amphibian species include spring peepers , snapping turtle , and tree frogs .
The most convenient distinguishing feature of the Arvicolinae is the nature of their molar teeth, which have prismatic cusps in the shape of alternating triangles. These molars are an adaptation to a herbivorous diet in which the major food plants include a large proportion of abrasive materials such as phytoliths; the teeth get worn down by abrasion throughout the adult life of the animal and ...