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Eastern Woodrat

Educational resources on Eastern Woodrat

Eastern Woodrat or Neotoma floridana is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Eastern Woodrat

Academic web links for 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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