Sonoran woodrat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Neotominae |
Genus: | Neotoma |
Species: | N. phenax |
Binomial name | |
Neotoma phenax (Merriam, 1903) | |
The Sonoran woodrat (Neotoma phenax) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found only in Mexico.
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Bryant's woodrat is a species of new-world rodent in the family Cricetidae native to the Southwestern United States and Mexico.
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The Nicaraguan woodrat is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Honduras and Nicaragua.
The bushy-tailed woodrat, or packrat is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Canada and the United States. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, and temperate grassland.
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