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The thumbnails below give a tiny idea of the drawings of muskrat (or paintings or other non-photographic works of art) that appear on each site. Each site has larger, more detailed pictures on it.

from Muskrat Home Page, University of Vermont"Muskrat Home Page" contained a color drawing of a muskrat. In this case, "Muskrat" was the name given to a Sun SPARCStation 1 server at The University of Vermont.  Unfortunately, it seems this server no longer exists.

The same drawing appears on Inside Info from Fresh Muskrat Tracks.  (They have another drawing of a muskrat--see the next entry.)

from Fresh Muskrat TracksMuskrat (Ondatra zibethicus); off of the Inside Info page from the home page for a family really named Muskrat:  Fresh Muskrat Tracks.

from Great Lakes Information Management ResourceMuskrat, Habitat Rehabilitation in the Great Lakes - Canadian Great Lakes Semi-aquatic Mammals; Our Great Lakes; Environment Canada.

from Wierd & Different RecipesSmothered Muskrat and Onions is a recipe for muskrat, but it includes this drawing.  From Weird & Different Recipes; home page Bert Christensen's Cyberspace Home.  (It looks like the same drawing as above, but flipped horizontally.)

from Alberta's Watchable WildlifeMuskrat; Alberta's Watchable Wildlife; Alberta Environment. The same drawing appears on Muskrat - Alberta Environment.

from Missouri Department of ConservationMuskrat; Mammal Page, Nature Page, Missouri Department of Conservation

by Robert Savannah, U. S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceRodents, Line Art from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has three GIF files containing four line drawings of muskrats.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives you permission to use the drawings from this page in your brochure, term paper, etc.  On their Line Art Main Page they say (and we quote):  "They are not copyrighted, and you may use them for no charge. An artist working for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Robert Savannah, created this art for use in Service publications - but you're also welcome to use it.  No approval from the Service is required before using these drawings."  Their only request is quite reasonable:  "If you use these images in your publication, we do request that you include a credit line for Robert Savannah, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service."  That's a great policy; I like it!

credit: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service/line art by Timothy KneppLine Illustrations - Muskrat (also from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) has this drawing of a muskrat by Timothy Knepp.  It is it the public domain.  If you use it, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service requests that you credit it with a line like "U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service/line art by Timothy Knepp".

from McMaster UniversityThe Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Pages off of this page have drawings of muskrat tracks, muskrat burrow, and a muskrat with two young from the Department of Biology, McMaster University

The Old Muskrat's Page has a monochrome treatment of the above drawing on it.

from The Game Warden's PlacePP Presentation from North America's Small Mammals ; The Game Warden's Place.

'Muskrat from Hell'"Muskrat from Hell" is the title of Matthew Henry's whimsical portrait of a Godzilla-sized muskrat holding a partially chewed automobile in front of a burning building.  Matthew's home page is Wallville.

from Connecticut's Department of Environmental ProtectionFurbearer Trapping Seasons & Regulations has a silhouette of a muskrat on it; from State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.

Muskrat Music seems to have used the same drawing to create their logo.

from What's in a WetlandWhat's in a Wetland has a very small silhouette of a muskrat.  From Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Andrew Wyeth's 'Muskrat Traps'"Muskrat Traps" by Andrew Wyeth, an 15" x 23.75" poster, is available at Muskrat Traps Prints by Andrew Wyeth from AllPosters.com and MUSKRAT TRAPS by Andrew Wyeth from Jewel River Art.

from Hinterland's Who's WhoMuskrat is illustrated with pictures and diagrams.  Also available in French at Le rat musqué.  From Hinterland's Who's Who / La faune de l'arrière-pays, Canadian Wildlife Service - Service canadien de la faune, Environnement Canada.

by Jerry EllisMuskrat has an illustration by Wildlife Artist Jerry Ellis.  From Wildlife Neighbors of the Williamsburg (Virginia) Area.

by Rachel Séguin-TremblayLe rat musqué by a then-fourth-year student at l'école du Sacré-Coeur, Sherbrooke, Jeune Presse, Juin 1996, CyberPresse.

from The MUSKRAT Home PageThe MUSKRAT Home Page (MUSKRAT is Multistrategy Knowledge Refinement and Acquisition Toolbox, in this case); from Simon White, Department of Computing Science, King's College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

from The MPS Target GalleryMyers Printing Service Archery Targets includes muskrat among their animal silhouette archery targets.  Home page:  Myers Printing Service of Traverse City, Inc.

from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel OnlineThe Muskrat, from Wildlife Expo, Outdoors, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online.

The Muskrat Moomin character by Tove JanssonThe Extended Family from the Unofficial Moomin Character guide has a picture of Tove Jansson's character The Muskrat; maintained by Linda Shippert.
Another picture (it looks like the same one that Linda has) of Tove Jansson's character The Muskrat is on Activity Books from moominshop.com.

from Twin Groves Middle School's 'Muskrats'A drawing of a muskrat appears on Muskrats.  From Marsh (created for the Museum in the Classroom program) at Twin Groves Middle School, Buffalo Grove, Illinois.

from Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife"Muskrat" from a Wildlife Endangered Species Fact Sheet.  From Bureau of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.

from National Trappers AssociationThe Muskrat also includes drawings of tracks and dropping.  From Furbearer Information, National Trappers Association.

detail from 'Home of the Muskrat'The thumbnail at the left is a detail taken from "Home of the Muskrat" by Mary Nimmo Moran, The Printroom, Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas.

from Kaweah Oaks PreserveMuskrat from Animals, off of main page Kaweah Oaks Preserve.

from Otter Creek Lures and BaitsOtter Creek: Our Quarry has a clip-art muskrat drawing.  Home page: Otter Creek Lures and Baits.

from Alaska Department of Fish and GameMuskrat from Wildlife Notebook Series, Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

from The Ffluvarium Mammals has a drawing of the Newfoundland muskrat.  From The Fluvarium.

by AshleyThere is a drawing of a muskrat by Ashley on Coal Creek Wildlife - Beaver.  From Coal Creek Wildlife - Animal Index, Colorado Wildlife, Coal Creek Elementary School, Louisville, Colorado.

from Canadian Museum of NatureMuskrat from Natural History Notebooks, Canadian Museum of Nature.  Also available in French at Rat musqué.

from Graphx EdgeRoyalty Free Animal Clipart includes a muskrat (although the thumbnail at the left might be a mouse--follow the link to Preview 2 and decide for yourself).  From Graphx Edge.

from Illinois Natural History SurveyEcosystems and the muskrat.  From Ecology and Conservation of Illinois' Fur Resources, hosted on Illinois Natural History Survey WWW server.

from Illinois Natural History SurveyA drawing of a muskrat house appears on Muskrat from Ecology and Conservation of Illinois' Fur Resources, hosted on Illinois Natural History Survey WWW server.

from Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological SurveyMuskrat also includes a drawing of footprints.  From Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey.

from Lake Pontchartrain Basin FoundationThe Marsh's Friend, the Muskrat from Ecosystems in Delicate Balance- Threatened, Endangered, and Introduced Species of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation.

from Winter 2000 Field Notes, For-Mar Nature PreserveA drawing of a muskrat accompanies the words to "Muskrat Rap" by Stephen David on Winter 2000 Field Notes from For-Mar Nature Preserve, Burton, Michigan.

from Revista Nº 4, Revista TerraliaDifetiolona from Revista Nº 4, Revista Terralia.

by Dave Ducker, from www.alienexplorer.com/clipart/home.htmlAnimal Art  has several clip art images of muskrat by Dave Ducker intended for use by teachers and students as part of school projects, assignments, posters, newsletters, and so forth.  See "Use of Pictures" on Free Clipart Home Page for restrictions on use.  Home page:  Alien Explorer.

Coloring Book Page Three has a drawing of a muskrat.  From Canku Ota (Many Paths): An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America.

from Spring Brook Nature Center, Itasca, ILA drawing of a muskrat is on the one of the game tags included in Food Webs Trail Game presented on the Spring Brook Nature Center's web site.  See  Food Webs Program from Spring Brook Nature Center, Village of Itasca, IL.

from The History Squares, Logan History Project, Logan Elementary SchoolMuskrats from "Culture Squares" section of The History Squares, Logan History Project, Logan Elementary School, Logan, New Jersey.

from Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie L. McLaughlin"The Artichoke and the Muskrat" contains an illustration.  From Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie L. McLaughlin from The Modern English Collection at the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia Library.

J. LefebvreRat musqué/Cadre général provides several drawings and photographs of muskrats and their tracks and homes.  From Les mammifères(fiches techniques), L'Animalier des Affluents, Commission scolaire des Affluents.

by Josée BeauséjourLe «petit monde» du marais has a muskrat included in the drawing at the top of the page.  From Les milieux humides, Centre d'intreprétation de la nature du lac Boivin Inc.  Home page:  Le monde de Darwin.

Audubon's Vivaporous Quadrupeds of North America - Musk Rat, Musquash - Plate 13Audubon's Vivaporous Quadrupeds of North America - Musk Rat, Musquash - Plate 13  Home page John James Audubon Gallery.

from 'Ondatra - liigikirjeldus'Ondatra - liigikirjeldus includes a picture with its description of the muskrat in Estonian.  Home page Eesti selgroogsed - esileht; English home page Estonian Vertebrates - the title page.  (I find no English translation of the muskrat pages on the site.)  The English home page says, "These educational WWW pages have been composed in the Science Didactics Department, University of Tartu, Estonia.

from EnchantedLearning.comRodent Printouts from EnchantedLearning.com.  (Several other of their index-type pages use this drawing of a muskrat to link to the Muskrat Printout page, described below.)

The Old Muskrat's Page has a copy of this drawing on it.

from EnchantedLearning.comMuskrat Printout from EnchantedLearning.com has a line drawing with labels pointing out distinguishing features of the muskrat.

by T.E., Mrs. McGowan's First GradeA poem by T.E. in Winter Writing 2002, Mrs. McGowan's First Grade class is illustrated with this drawing of a muskrat.  I assume T.E. did the drawing, too.  From H.W. Mountz School, Spring Lake, New Jersey [at least that's what it looks like to me].  Hosted at Myschoolonline.

From the cover of Dover Publications' 'The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat' by Thornton W. Burgess.I assume that's Jerry Muskrat carrying Grandfather Frog.  From the cover of Dover Publications' Children's Trift Classics edition of The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat by Thornton W. Burgess.  A larger view of the cover is at http://store5.yimg.com/I/doverpublications_1677_20886304.

From 'Unusual Meals', 2002-Feb-23, Canku OtaUnusual Meals has a recipe for Stewed Muskrat and is accompanied by an animated GIF that is labeled "Muskrat" (although it looks more like a rat to me).  From February 23 , 2002 - Issue 55 of Canku Ota (Many Paths): An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America.

Carson, the lovelorn Muskrat, by John Kovalic"Wild Life" by John Kovalic is a comic strip bringing you glimpses into "the world of Carson, the lovelorn Muskrat".  Carson can also be found in John's comic strip "Dork Tower".  For an explanation of why Carson is in "Dork Tower", see DorkTower.com Frequently Asked Questions.

from 'Ecology and Conservation of Illinois' Fur Resources'Muskrat Tracks and Sign has drawings of scat, tracks, and footprints. From Ecology and Conservation of Illinois' Fur Resources, hosted on Illinois Natural History Survey WWW server.

from The Virtual Cub Scout Leader's HandbookMuskrat from Tracking and Stalking North American Wildlife, The Virtual Cub Scout Leader's Handbook has an image of muskrat tracks on it.

Not a muskrat but named after the muskrat, at least in Spanish ...

rata almizclera marsupial, literally "marsupial muskrat", from Alumnos/as curso "Iniciación a la Red Internet"Tipos de Canguros (Types of Kangaroos) has a picture of a kangaroo rat that, in Spanish, is called rata almizclera marsupial, literally "marsupial muskrat".  It is an apt name because some of its characteristics and behaviors are similar to those of the North American muskrat:  it has a hairless tail and eats insects.  From Los Canguros, (link is "Sandra" on) Alumnos/as curso "Iniciación a la Red Internet", InfoLand.

Sometimes it is not obvious to me if it is a photograph or a painting, so you might want to check out my Photographs page, too.

MUSKRAT.ICO file by Ken VanEseltineLastly, I have my own muskrat Windows icon that I created for my own use.  You're free to use it too, if you wish.  (Right-click on the image and choose "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As...")