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ANIMAL INFORMATION: Please note, this part of mongabay has been updated |
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Eastern WoodratEducational resources on Eastern WoodratEastern Woodrat or Neotoma floridana is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Eastern Woodrat Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana) Eastern Woodrat Order Rodentia: Family Muridae : Neotoma floridana (Ord) Description. Large rat with long, round, tapering, scantily haired tail, large ears www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/neotflor.htm New World Mice And Rats (Family Cricetidae) Description: The eastern woodrat, though large, is mouse-like in general appearance. It can be distinguished from other members of its family by: 1) grayish-brown upperparts www.ksr.ku.edu/libres/Mammals_of_Kansas/neotoma-flo.html NDIS Eastern Woodrat Wildlife Page Habitat: The eastern woodrat inhabits deciduous forest, riparian woodland, and well-developed shrublands with yucca and cactus. Diet: Eastern woodrats eat a variety of fruits ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/wildlifespx.asp?SpCode=051019 North American Mammals: Neotoma floridana Click to enlarge. (123 kb) Conservation Status: Neotoma floridana smalli, the Key Largo Woodrat, is Endangered; Bailey's Eastern Woodrat (N. floridana baileyi) and www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=210 Eastern woodrat Within North Carolina, populations are broadly disjunct, limited to southern portions of the lower coastal plain around Wilmington and the mouth of the Cape Fear River, and to the www.basic.ncsu.edu/ncgap/sppreport/amaff08010.html Eastern Wood Rat A medium-sized (12.25"-17") rodent with priminint ears, bulging black eyes, and moderately to well-haired tail which is less than half the length of the animal. campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/howard.whiteman/field/mammals/easternwoodrat.html ADW: Neotoma floridana: Information An eastern woodrat will stay in such their midden temporarily or for life. Only one eastern woodrat will inhabit a midden at any time, with the exception of females and their young animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Neotoma_floridana.html TABS Species Account TN10036 References. 90, 134, 313, 1116, PA8829, PA10861, TN6201: Comments. The eastern woodrat, alias the cliff rat, the cave rat, and the most famous alias, the pack rat is one of fwie.fw.vt.edu/TN/TN10036.htm ILLINOIS OZARKS RRA, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, USA The eastern woodrat is a true pack rat, collecting and storing nuts, acorns, pods, twigs, leaves, and other small items in their nests. The nests are added to by each successive www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cwe/rra/site27.html Rebecca S. Burton-C.V. August, 1996 -- Animal Behavior Society: Food rationing by the eastern woodrat. March, 1996 -- Kansas Academy of Sciences: Food rationing by the eastern woodrat depts.alverno.edu/nsmt/burtoncv.htm
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