If you took a mouse and made it bigger and aquatic you would have a muskrat. They are closely related to voles and lemmings, with the characteristic rodent incisors that will grow through the ...

This furry little guy is a muskrat. The semi-aquatic animal, classified as a rodent, is found all throughout North America and lives by rivers — like the Delaware — and marshes or lakes.

A valuable little beast to the U. S. is the muskrat, which yields $25,000,000 worth of pelts per year. But in Great Britain the muskrat is a trial & tribulation. Last month Parliament passed a law ...

Read more: This is where the word ‘Easter’ comes from Eating muskrat during Lent is a tradition that is alive and well in Michigan. It is said to date back to the French Catholics, who settled ...

That means it's prime season right now for muskrat eating. We know only one Delaware restaurant that still serves the semiaquatic rodent daily during the season: The Southern Grille of Ellendale.