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Definition of Genus ondatra
1. Noun. Muskrats.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cricetidae, Family Cricetidae
Member holonyms: Muskrat, Musquash, Ondatra Zibethica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ondatra
Literary usage of Genus ondatra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller, United States National Museum (1912)
"According to Hollister (Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 24, p. 14, January 28,
1911) Mut Molina should be regarded as the type of the genus Ondatra. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1912)
"Link, 1795, erected the genus Ondatra,t with the same two component species, ...
lifted a genus Ondatra,Ì with ..."
3. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1922)
"... this difference may be, in part, at least, an age character, as in the closely
related genus Ondatra, in which both conditions are found on examining a ..."