Woodrat
| Pack Rat Temporal range: Late Cenozoic - Recent |
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| Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Tribe: | Neotomini |
| Genus: |
Neotoma Say & Ord, 1825 |
| Species | |
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Neotoma albigula |
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Neotoma albigula
Neotoma angustapalata
†Neotoma anthonyi
Neotoma bryanti
†Neotoma bunkeri
Neotoma chrysomelas
Neotoma cinerea
Neotoma devia
Neotoma floridana
Neotoma fuscipes
Neotoma goldmani
Neotoma lepida
Neotoma leucodon
Neotoma macrotis
Neotoma magister
†Neotoma martinensis
Neotoma mexicana
Neotoma micropus
Neotoma nelsoni
Neotoma palatina
Neotoma phenax
Neotoma stephensi
A pack rat or packrat, also called a woodrat, can be any of the species in the rodent genus Neotoma. Pack rats have a rat-like appearance with long tails, large ears and large black eyes. Compared to deer mice, harvest mice and grasshopper mice, pack rats are noticeably larger and are usually somewhat larger than cotton rats.
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