Eastern woodrat

Eastern woodrat
A large-eared, large-eyed rat, brownish above and white below, in green vegetation.
An individual of the Neotoma floridana smalli subspecies
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Neotoma
Species:
N. floridana
Binomial name
Neotoma floridana
(Ord, 1818)
Subspecies
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  • N. f. attwateri Mearns, 1897
  • N. f. baileyi Merriam, 1894
  • N. f. campestris J. A. Allen, 1894
  • N. f. haematoreia A. H. Howell, 1934
  • N. f. illinoensis A. H. Howell, 1910
  • N. f. osagensis Blair, 1939
  • N. f. rubida Bangs, 1898
  • N. f. smalli Sherman, 1955

The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States. It constructs large dens that may serve as nests for many generations and stores food in outlying caches for the winter. While widespread and not uncommon, it has declined or disappeared in several areas.

  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Neotoma floridana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42650A115199202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42650A22371112.en. Retrieved 5 January 2023.