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Some facts about the
White-throated woodrat
Adult weight : 0.209 kg (0.4598 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 10 years
Female maturity :84 days
Male maturity : 101 days
Gestation : 29 days
Weaning : 43 days
Litter size : 2
Litters per year : 2
Interval between litters : 49 days
Weight at birth : 0.012 kg (0.0264 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.103 kg (0.2266 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 1 W
Body mass : 0.178 kg (0.3916 lbs)
Temperature : 35.85 °C (96.53 °F)
White-throated woodrat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Species : Neotoma albigula
The White-throated woodrat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the whitethroated woodrat
A young / baby of a whitethroated woodrat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A whitethroated woodrat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.
Facts about the white-throated woodrat
1995: White Throated wood rats are a common species in Gila National Forest (USDA Forest Service, 1995) *53*.
Comments on Species Association Comments on Wildlife Diseases 2000: The full species Neotoma albigula is known to transmit
IN WESTERN COLORADO NEOTOMA ALBIGULA IS ASSOCIATED WITH PINON-JUNIPER OR JUNIPER-SAGEBRUSH, BUT PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS AND JUNIPER MOST IMPORTANT FOR FOOD AND DENS.
Whitethroated Woodrat is found in the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge *14*.
White-throated woodrats are primarily active at night, retreating to large dens built among rocks, cacti, and other vegetation during the day. (Full text)
Abstract The white-throated woodrat, Neotoma albigula, is a desert rodent, common in the southwestern United States. (Full text)
The white-throated woodrat is found throughout most of Arizona and Sonora in a variety of habitats, especially in areas with mixed cacti. (Full text)
Habits: The White-throated Woodrat is active the year around. (Full text)
html SDNHM - Woodrat: The White-throated Woodrat (Neotoma albigula) is also gray, with a tail that is distinctly bicolored, but the hairs on the throat region are white at the base . (Full text)
White-throated woodrats are . (Full text)
Territory: White-throated woodrats are solitary and asocial. (Full text)
Duke DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND SEASONALITY The white-throated woodrat is found in extreme southeastern San Bernardino Co. (Full text)
Discussion The White-throated Woodrat is skilled at climbing spiny cacti, and cactus figures strongly in its diet, along with some juniper, yucca, and various other leafy plants. (Full text)
The White-throated Woodrat is found throughout Arizona, while the Mexican Woodrat (N. (Full text)
The White-throated Woodrat (Neotoma albigula) is also gray, with a tail that is distinctly bicolored, but the hairs on the throat region are white at the base next to the skin. (Full text)
The White-throated Woodrat is found in the extreme southwest desert region of California and the Valle de Mexicali in Baja California. (Full text)
The White-throated Woodrat is from the order Rodentia. (Full text)
1. Neotoma, genus Neotoma -- (packrats)Neotoma
genus Neotoma
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