Ondatra
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Ondatra zibethicus
See also: ondatra
Translingual
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 National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Ondatra at Paleobiology Database
