These herbivores feed on the roots, stalks and leaves of numerous aquatic plants. They may also travel into agricultural fields feeding on crops. Muskrats can close their lips behind their t… 展开

Muskrats typically build dens of either underground burrows or vegetation domes in farm ponds, streams, ditches and lakes with stable water levels and abundant aquatic vegetatio… 展开

Damage from muskrats includes chewing on trees, damage to agricultural crops, or washouts of levees and dams. Muskrats will burrow into levees or dams to build tunnels and den… 展开

Muskrats are considered a furbearer species in West Virginia and can be trapped during the annual trapping season (typically between early November and late February.) Ther… 展开