Muskrat, I believe
Mar 22, 2021 15:57:05 #
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Mar 22, 2021 19:35:04 #
Nathanielross
Loc: Northeastern Maryland.
muskrat is first cousin to a mouse and looks like a giant mouse. This picture if of a mink !
Mar 22, 2021 20:17:05 #
Mar 22, 2021 20:47:09 #
GeorgeK wrote:
Had to look this one up in a field guide.
Nice shot of a mink.
Mar 23, 2021 16:36:25 #
Mar 23, 2021 17:36:55 #
Garty Northrop wrote:
Muskrats are vegetarians and don't eat fish!
Yes they do, when necessary or convenient. From a source in the wildlife arena that should know:
Muskrat Diet
Muskrats are omnivores, but they mainly enjoy a plant-based diet consisting of the roots, stems, leaves and fruits of aquatic vegetation. As local plant food becomes scarce, muskrats will feed on small aquatic animals such as insects, fish and amphibians. Freshwater mussels often become a dietary staple in the wintertime.
Mar 23, 2021 19:06:48 #
Mar 24, 2021 11:41:33 #
relbugman wrote:
Looks like somebody pulled the canine teeth??? Naturally absent in Muskrat, with 2 incisors top and bottom. Very rough fur for Mink, usually sleek when wet for Mink.
The mink’s TM joints permit about the same degree of lateral mobility that ours do. That’s the right inferior canine tooth you can see. The upper lip, relaxed as it is in this image, easily conceals the superior canine teeth.
When in defensive or aggressive mode the upper lips, as in the dog, can be drawn upward to expose the superior arcade of teeth- including the canine teeth.
This, most definitely, IS a mink.
Dave (who was a research associate at a USDA Fur Animal Experiment Station Mink farm while a vet student at Cornell in the 60s).
Mar 24, 2021 13:43:33 #
GeorgeK
Loc: NNJ
Uuglypher wrote:
The mink’s TM joints permit about the same degree ... (show quote)
You sold me. Thanks for replying.
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