Ondatra

See also: ondatra

Translingual

Ondatra zibethicus

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ondatra m

1. 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^[1] at Bucknell.
• Ondatra at Animal Diversity Web
• Ondatra at AnimalBase
• Ondatra at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ondatra at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ondatra at Paleobiology Database