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Dusky-Footed WoodratEducational resources on Dusky-Footed WoodratDusky-Footed Woodrat or Neotoma fuscipes is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Dusky-Footed Woodrat ADW: Neotoma fuscipes: Information Neotoma fuscipes dusky-footed woodrat ... The range of the dusky-footed wood rat is restricted to the Pacific coastal area animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Neotoma_fuscipes.html North American Mammals: Neotoma fuscipes Neotoma fuscipes Dusky-footed Woodrat Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae ... Dusky-footed Woodrats, which are really very small rodents, build huge www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=214 Dusky-Footed Woodrat - General Information Photos by Chris Wemmer. The dusky-footed woodrat is a medium-sized rat-like form with black protruding eyes, soft and smooth pelage, and a long tail (Carraway and Verts, 1991). www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Kiss/page01.html Dusky-Footed Woodrat - Home Dusky-Footed Woodrat, Neotoma macrotis. Photo by Kevin Nibur. The dusky-footed woodrat was named Neotoma fuscipes by Baird in 1857 based on an adult male caught in 1856 (Linsdale www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Kiss/index.html Dusky-Footed Woodrat - Works Cited Works Cited. Caldwell, G. S., Glickman, S. E. & Smith, E. R. 1984. SEASONAL AGGRESSION INDEPENDENT OF SEASONAL TESTOSTERONE IN WOOD RATS. Proceedings of the National Academy of www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Kiss/page04.html Dusky-Footed Woodrat - Reproduction Reproduction. Facts. In areas where the number of males is less than the number of females, females not initially paired will go through cycles of estrus until mated with (Linsdale www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Kiss/page05.html Organism to Ecosystem Sample Organism to Ecosystem Sample The Dusky-Footed Woodrat, Part 1. The dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) lives in the temperate region of western North America (Ingles www.depts.alverno.edu/nsmt/OtoEsamp.htm IHRMP Oak Fact Sheets No. 49 In outward appearance, the dusky-footed woodrat is almost identical to the Old World rats. Similarity, however, stops there. Taxonomically the two species are unrelated and very danr.ucop.edu/ihrmp/oak49.htm Dusky-Footed Woodrat - Behavior Behavior. Photo by Thomas C. Merigan. House Construction. N. macrotis builds conical, highly structured houses from sticks, bark, plant cuttings, and miscellaneous objects www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Kiss/page03.html Dusky-Footed Woodrat - Social Spacing Social System. Photo by Roger W. Barbour. N. macrotis is a solitary species (Linsdale and Tevis, 1951), but lives in stable social groups (Hamm et all, 2002; Wallen, 1982). www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/Behavior/Spring2008/Kiss/page02.html
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