Muskrat

• Large brownish, semi-aquatic gnawing mammal.
• Stocky with broad head, small ears and small eyes.
• Legs are short and tail is scaly.
• Hind feet are webbed.
• Muskrats can have up to three litters per year.
• Average litter size 3-6 kits.
• Dens in banks and earthen dams.
• Muskrats inhabit creeks, rivers, lakes, drainage ditches,
  and marshes.
• Principally feed upon vegetation, cattails are preferred vegetation.
• During freezing weather muskrats will eat almost anything, including dead fish, frogs, wood and may even become cannibalistic.
• Muskrats are victims of many predators including hawks, owls, raccoons, foxes, minks, water snakes, and large turtles.