Muskrats are very social, but highly territorial, animals. Their marking behavior produces a smell that earned them their name, due to it’s musky nature. Most colonies are limited to the mating pair and only their most recent litter of young, forcing offspring out on their own at about 1 month of age. They have an extremely high reproduction rate spring through fall in Minnesota, producing 2 to 4 liters of 6-8 young each year. After weaning, their young must secure their own territory, leading to dispersals from these colonies at regular intervals. They will often be seen leaving the water during these dispersals, as well as to feed on nearby agricultural crops, orchards and vegetable gardens.
Colonies reside in shoreline burrows, or in lodges or dens constructed of vegetation and mud. Muskrat prefer to live in marshes, ponds, streams and wetlands, but can be found anywhere a body of water is bordered by wooded areas.
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