Species Detail - Musk Rat (Ondatra zibethicus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Species image
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Ondatra zibethicus
Musk Rat
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onzib
(Linnaeus, 1766)
terrestrial mammal
Species
28
5
1
01/01/1929
31/05/1934
16 February (recorded in 2015)
16 February (recorded in 2015)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Musk Rat (Ondatra zibethicus), accessed 21 April 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/252/Species/119305>