| Pack rat Temporal range: Late Cenozoic - Recent
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| Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Tribe: | Neotomini |
| Genus: | Neotoma Say & Ord, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Mus floridana | |
| Species | |
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Neotoma albigula | |
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. Pack rats are noticeably larger than deer mice, harvest mice, and grasshopper mice, and are usually somewhat larger than cotton rats.[1]
- ^ Cato, Paisley (January 2013). "Field Guide - Woodrat". San Diego Natural History Museum. Archived from the original on 5 February 2004. Retrieved 26 March 2015.