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The eastern woodrat's habitat ranges latitudinally from central Florida to southeastern New York, and longitudinally from Connecticut to eastern Colorado. [2] Reintroduction to north-eastern states, such as Illinois, have occurred in the 2010s. [10] With a wide range but low population density, this species is considered uncommon.
A pack rat or packrat, also called a woodrat or trade rat, are any species in the North and Central American rodent genus Neotoma. Pack rats have a rat-like appearance, with long tails, large ears, and large, black eyes.
The Allegheny woodrat is a medium-sized rodent almost indistinguishable from the closely related eastern woodrat, although slightly larger on average, and often with longer whiskers. Adults typically range from 31 to 45 cm (12 to 18 in) in total length, including a tail measuring 15 to 21 cm (5.9 to 8.3 in).
Since 1984, the Key Largo woodrat is on the United States list of endangered species, along with the Schaus swallowtail and the Key Largo cotton mouse. [18] By the 1990s, the animal's habitat had shrunk to about three square miles, [19] and the Key Largo woodrat was called "one of the rarest creatures on earth."
The program involves raising captive woodrats at the zoo and releasing them in habitat areas with rock outcroppings. Right now a female woodrat captured from Mifflin County is at the zoo and has ...
The bushy-tailed woodrat, or packrat (Neotoma cinerea) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Canada and the United States. [2] Its natural habitats are boreal forests , temperate forests, dry savanna , temperate shrubland , and temperate grassland .
Black-tailed woodrat, Neotoma melanura [9] Tamaulipan woodrat, Neotoma angustapalata [9] NT; Bryant's woodrat, Neotoma bryanti [17] LC; Bunker's woodrat, Neotoma bunkeri (E) Nicaraguan woodrat, Neotoma chrysomelas [9] LC; Bushy-tailed woodrat, Neotoma cinerea [n 4] LC; Arizona woodrat, Neotoma devia [n 1] LC; Eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana ...
In Guadalupe Mountains National Park, white-throated woodrat distribution may be limited more by the presence of Mexican woodrats (N. mexicana) and the southern plains woodrat (N. micropus) than by habitat limitations. In areas not inhabited by Mexican woodrats and southern plains woodrats, the white-throated woodrat constructed houses at bases ...