Ondatra

Ondatra zibethicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Placentalia Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Arvicolinae
Genus: Ondatra
Species: O. zibethicus

Name

Ondatra Link, 1795

Type species: Castor zibethicus Linnaeus, 1766

Synonyms

• Fiber G. Cuvier, 1800
• Moschomys Billberg, 1827
• Mussacus Oken, 1816
• Neondatra Hibbard, 1937
• Pliopotamys Wilson, 1933
• Simotes Fischer, 1817

References

• Ondatra in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214