Marshes provide the best vegetation for muskrats. They find shelter in bank burrows and their distinctive nests. Bank burrows are tunnels excavated in a bank. Positive The fur of a muskrat is important in the fur industry. Negative Muskrats not only eat the grain on a farm but they have also been known to plug the drain tiles on farms as well.
Muskrats also have a habit of building their homes around dikes.
References Baker, R.H. 1983. Michigan State University Press. United States of America. Reference written by Toni Lynn Newell, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. Page last updated May 2000.