Bushy-tailed woodrat

Bushy-tailed woodrat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Neotoma
Species:
N. cinerea
Binomial name
Neotoma cinerea
(Ord, 1815)

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.

The bushy-tailed woodrat is the original "pack rat", the species in which the trading habit is most pronounced. It has a strong preference for shiny objects and will drop whatever it may be carrying in favor of a coin or a spoon.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Neotoma cinerea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42673A115200351. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42673A22371756.en. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ^ Smith, Felisa A. "Neotoma cinerea." Mammalian Species 564 (1997): 1-8.
  3. ^ "Fairy-tailed Moonrat - Neotoma cinerea". eNature.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
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