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Bushy-tailed woodrat

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Males leave the mother at 2½ months. Females often stay in the same area as the mother, with an overlapping range. This is a clear exception to their territorial natures, and this relationship is not currently well understood. The daughters may share food caches with the mother, increasing their
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An important distinction to make is between middens and nests. Nests are the areas where the animal is often found and where the females raise their young. Nests are usually within the midden, but regional variations to this rule occur. When not contained within the midden, the nest is usually
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Bushy-tailed woodrats can be identified by their large, rounded ears, and their long, bushy tails. They are usually brown, peppered with black hairs above with white undersides and feet. The top coloration may vary from buff to almost black. The tail is
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of about five weeks. A female may have one or two litters each year. Litters can range in size from two to six, with a typical litter size of three. The females have only four
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These woodrats collect debris in natural crevices, and abandoned man-made structures when available, into large, quasistructures for which the archaeologists' term '
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These woodrats are good climbers and have sharp claws. They use their long tails for balance while climbing and jumping, and for added warmth.
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Gestation period in captivity is 27–32 days. Newborns weigh around 15 g (0.53 oz). Eyes open at about 15 days old, and
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The bushy-tailed woodrat engages in hind foot-drumming when alarmed. It will also drum when undisturbed, producing a slow, tapping sound.
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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.
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up to 14,000 feet (4,300 m), but they become increasingly restricted to higher elevations toward the southern end of their range.
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through scent marking and physical confrontations. Fights consist largely of biting and scratching, and may result in serious injury.
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The bushy-tailed woodrat prefers green vegetation (leaves, needles, shoots), but it will also consume
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due to the high oxalate content of many of the succulent plants upon which these animals feed.
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likelihood of survival, and the higher female density of the area may also help attract males.
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slopes, and open rocky fields. They readily adapt to abandoned buildings and mines.
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Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in
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The bushy-tailed woodrat is the largest and most cold-tolerant species of woodrat.
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Bushy-tailed woodrats are active throughout the year. While primarily
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Extraordinary Animals: An Encyclopedia of Curious and Unusual Animals
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These rodents get most of their water from the plants that they eat.
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Social biology of the bushy-tailed woodrat, Neotoma cinerea. Vol 110
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Bushy-tailed woodrats are preyed upon by many predators, including:
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Breeding occurs in spring and summer (May through August), with a
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Bushy-tailed woodrats occupy a wide range of habitats, from
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concealed in a rocky crevice behind a barricade of sticks.
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Females breed for the first time when they are yearlings.
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Anatomy of the wood rat's forelimb (lateral aspect)
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Index


Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Cricetidae
Neotominae
Neotoma
Binomial name
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rodent
Cricetidae
Canada
United States
habitats
forests
savanna
shrubland
grassland
pack rat
trading habit

squirrel

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