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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Neotoma cinerea | Bushy-Tailed Woodrat 



ABBREVIATION : 
NECI

COMMON NAMES : 
   bushy-tailed woodrat
   packrat
   woodrat


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for the bushy-tailed woodrat is
Neotoma cinerea (Ord).  It is a member of the family Cricetidae.  The
13 recognized subspecies are listed below [15,37].

     N. cinerea cinerea
     N. cinerea acraia (Elliot)
     N. cinerea alticola (Hooper)
     N. cinerea arizonae (Merriam)
     N. cinerea cinnamomea J. A. Allen
     N. cinerea drummondii (Richardson)
     N. cinerea fusca True
     N. cinerea lucida Goldman
     N. cinerea macrodon Kelson
     N. cinerea occidentalis Baird
     N. cinerea orolestes Merriam
     N. cinerea pulla Hooper
     N. cinerea rupicola J. A. Allen


ORDER : 
Rodentia

CLASS : 
Mammal

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Julie L. Tesky, November 1994


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tesky, Julie L. 1994. Neotoma cinerea. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Neotoma cinerea | Bushy-Tailed Woodrat