- The muskrat is about 20 inches long, including its 9-inch tail, and adults weigh 2 to 5 pounds. - Muskrats generally have a reddish-brown upper body with grayish-brown coloration farther down. - ...

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It's happened pretty much every night this spring, Tom Shirek says; his yellow Lab, Theo, makes the rounds of nearby sloughs and returns home with furry, little "presents" he leaves in the yard. Proud ...

Where’s the muskrat love? Trapper Mike Dey (letter, March 2) makes an economic case for trapping brutality, claiming that muskrats are a great economic stimulus. It’s true that the market for muskrat ...