Muskrats are not the true rats which belong to the genus Rattus. There are two scent glands near its tail which give off a strong musky smell that is used by muskrat to declare its territory.n adult muskrat is just a little longer than the brown rat but it weighs four times the weight of brown rat. It has a medium or dark brown coat with small but thick hair and the color of its belly is lighter than the body. The two-layer fur protects it from cold water.
mercenary (plural mercenaries) ( 1 archaic) One motivated by gain, especially monetary. 2  A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain. 2004, Matthew Trundle, Greek Mercenaries: From the Late Archaic Period to Alexander: If a mercenary died, that was one fewer man to pay.
In the last century, and as reflected in the Geneva Convention, mercenaries have increasingly come to been seen as less entitled to protections by rules of war than non-mercenaries. However, whether or not a person is a mercenary may be a matter of degree, as financial and national interests may overlap.e) is not a member of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict; and. (f) has not been sent by a State which is not a Party to the conflict on official duty as a member of its armed forces. All the criteria (a â f) must be met, according to the Geneva Convention, for a combatant to be described as a mercenary.