Eastern woodrat
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| A large-eared, large-eyed rat, brownish above and white below, in green vegetation. | |
| Neotoma floridana smalli | |
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N. floridana
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| Neotoma floridana (Ord, 1818)
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The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana),[2] is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States.[3] Its range extends from the latitude of southeastern New York south to the Gulf of Mexico. It has been recovered as a fossil from late Pleistocene deposits in southeastern New Mexico, several hundred miles southwest of its nearest current range.[citation needed]
Neotoma magister was previously considered to be within N. floridana, but the two are now considered to be separate species.[1]
As with most members of the genus[citation needed], it feeds opportunistically on nuts, seeds, fungi, buds, stems, roots, foliage, and fruits.[1] In the southern states, it often lives in holes in the ground or hollow trees, constructing large nests.[citation needed]
Predators include black rat snakes and long-tailed weasels.[1]
The eastern woodrat has four clawed digits and a thumb on the front limbs, and five clawed digits on its rear limbs.[3]
References
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Bibliography
- Harris, A. H. 1984. Neotoma in the Late Pleistocene of New Mexico and Chihuahua. Special Publications, Carnegie Museum of Natural History 8:164-178.
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- Wiley, R. W. 1980. Neotoma floridana. Mammalian Species, No. 139:1-7.
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