Where does the muskrat live?

Ondatra zibethicus has 1,521,089 records in 52 countries and territories, from 1860 to 2026. Most records come from Netherlands.

1,521,089 records
52 places
150 years recorded
Mammalia class

AnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaCricetidaeOndatra

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18602026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
Netherlands	904,076
Belgium	516,240
United States	29,222
France	17,505
Canada	12,981
Germany	11,991
Finland	11,069
Russia	6,388
Switzerland	4,043
Poland	2,103
Austria	843
Sweden	802
Luxembourg	621
Ukraine	599
Estonia	538
Norway	504
Denmark	188
Romania	151
Kazakhstan	146
United Kingdom	128
Belarus	123
Liechtenstein	106
Chile	83
Mexico	81
Czechia	70
Argentina	68
China	65
Serbia	58
Croatia	34
Hungary	31
Ireland	29
Slovenia	21
Spain	19
Bosnia & Herzegovina	17
Georgia	16
Åland Islands	15
Japan	15
Kyrgyzstan	12
North Macedonia	12
Uzbekistan	11

Showing the top 40 of 52 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Cricetidae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.