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Dusky-Footed Woodrat

Educational resources on Dusky-Footed Woodrat

Dusky-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

Academic web links for 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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