Ondatra zibethicus

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Common Muskrat

Lateral view of adult feeding at edge of water. Also as Muskbeaver.
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Location:USA, NM, Bernalillo Co., AlbuquerqueDate taken:Jan 1, 1991

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1162

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Ondatrini
Genus : Ondatra

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946275

Original name as described

Castor zibethicus

Other common names

Muskbeaver

Type locality

eastern Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States · Mexico

Subregion distribution

USA(AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002193

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 70 names and synonyms.

Castor zibethicus

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zibethicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946275

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1766:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  2. Boddaert (1772:57, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  3. Erxleben (1777:444, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Borowski (1780:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347069) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  5. Zimmermann (1783:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  6. Boddaert (1785:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  7. Treviranus (1802:210, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  8. Treviranus (1803:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  9. Gray (1821:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  10. Wagler (1830:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  11. Crisp (1862:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67742)

Mus Zibethicus

(N. G. Leske, 1779)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zibethicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Leske (1779:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  2. Gmelin (1788:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  3. Kerr (1792:225, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  4. Cuvier (1797:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  5. Turton (1802:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  6. Wolf (1808:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  7. Goldfuss (1809:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  8. Brants (1827:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35204)

Ondatra Zibethicus

Link, 1795

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zibethicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

76

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272952

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

  1. Link (1795:76, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  2. Lacépède (1799:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
  3. Fischer (1813:442, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  4. Lesson (1827:286, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Lesson (1842:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  6. Necker & Hatfield (1941:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69510)
  7. Hall & Cockrum (1953:465, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10715519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17243)
  8. Anderson (1972:366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)
  9. Corbet (1978:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35988)
  10. Corbet & Hill (1980:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  11. Hall (1981:824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35037)
  12. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  13. Heaton (1985:362, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8885280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5733)
  14. Repenning & Grady (1988:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35853)
  15. Corbet & Hill (1991:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  16. Musser & Carleton (1993:532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  17. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  18. Gippoliti (2013:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25250)
  19. Bradley, Ammerman, Baker, Bradley, Cook, Dowler, Jones, Schmidly, Stangl, Van Den Bussche & Würsig (2014:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57785981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19157)
  20. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  22. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  23. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  24. Meinig, Boye, Dähne, Hutterer & Lang (2020:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70294)
  25. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  26. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  27. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15324/22344525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)
  28. Abramson, Skalon, Bondareva, Bodrov, Petrova & Dvoyashov (2025:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68651)

Ondatra zibethica

Daudin, 1802

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zibethicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033416

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Fischer (1814:xx, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Muirhead (1819:441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  4. Burnett (1830:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  5. Grinnell, Dixon & Linsdale (1930:528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71835)
  6. Hall (1934:377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69519)
  7. Anderson (1937:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72305)
  8. Anderson (1947:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62435280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72301)
  9. Orr (1949:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  10. Shidlovskiy (1962:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68819)

Fiber zibethicus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zibethicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Lichtenstein (1818:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68386)
  3. Voigt (1819:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  4. Desmarest (1822:279, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  5. Sabine (1823:659, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68385)
  6. Godman (1826:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49165750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67021)
  7. Gapper (1830:203, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68621)
  8. Eichwald (1831:368, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  9. Burmeister (1837:812, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  10. Smith (1842:307, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  11. De Kay (1842:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
  12. Wagner (1844:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13704424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68331)
  13. Schinz (1845:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  14. Wied-Neuwied (1862:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7160475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68471)
  15. Blyth (1863:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  16. Murray (1866:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  17. Fitzinger (1867:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  18. Coues (1868:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26288875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15057)
  19. Sclater (1872:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  20. Coues (1874:196, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26362046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15059)
  21. Brayton (1882:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/71942)
  22. True (1885:596, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  23. Rhoads (1896:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14622)
  24. Miller (1896:73, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25811362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14564)
  25. Bangs (1897:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2263425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16570)
  26. Trouessart (1897:566, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  27. Elliot (1901:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6714529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37275)
  28. Trouessart (1904:461, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  29. Bailey (1905:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25801779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14873)
  30. Swarth (1911:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29510857) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68774)
  31. Hollister (1911:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15643)
  32. Weber (1928:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  33. Bailey (1936:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Ondatra americana

Tiedemann, 1808

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

americanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

481

Authority publication

Landshut

Name usages

  1. Tiedemann (1808:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37333)
  2. Ranzani (1820:434, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27808014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Lemmus zibeticus

(F. Cuvier, 1817)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zibeticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

310

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23026057

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Fiber zibeticus

(Goldfuss, 1820)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zibeticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

424

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

  1. Hemprich (1820:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  2. Goldfuss (1820:424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
  3. Schinz (1821:273, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Cuvier (1833:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)

Fiber Zibethicus-albus

(Sabine, 1823)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

660

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215467

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Sabine (1823:660, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32215467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68385)
  2. Fitzinger (1867:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  3. Hollister (1911:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25802893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15643)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Lemmus zibethicus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zibethicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

289

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

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