Neotoma albigula

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: Inhabits arid areas, with preferred areas including rocky mountainsides, arid scrublands and cactus flats, pinyon-juniper woodlands on slopes , and desert habitats .[2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     6     Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)   
  
•     8     Desert   
  
•     8.2     Desert - Temperate   
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Biology

Reproduction

Woodrats breed early and often. A typical litter is two to five young, and a female can have up to three litters a year. At about six to eight months of age, a young woodrat is forced from the den to begin its own life of building dens and collecting treasures.[1]

Behavior

Predators:

A woodrat's life isn't all built on gathering trinkets. Woodrats are considered favorite food by practically every predator , including hawks, owls, coyotes, badgers, bobcats, snakes and foxes. In spite of this pressure , woodrats can live to a ripe old age, and three to four years is not uncommon. Many, however, don't make it past their first year.[1]

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Neotoma varia

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 09-Jun-2004

Populations east of the Rio Grande and Rio Conchos are now considered to be part of N. leucodon (Edwards et al. 2001). N. varia treated here as being conspecific .[2].

Similar Species

There are five common species of woodrats in New Mexico. By far the most widespread and common is the whitethroated woodrat (N. albigula) It is found from the desert to the high plains to the forest. The Mexican woodrat (N. mexicanus) is more restricted to deserts, though it also occurs in grasslands. Stephen's woodrat (N. stephensi) is found in western New Mexico and looks so much like the whitethroated woodrat that even experts have trouble distinguishing them. The southern plains woodrat (N. micropus) has a uniform, silver coloring and lives in southern New Mexico. While other woodrats have a mix of silver, brown and tawny hairs, this one is almost always a pure silver-gray with a white belly. The other common woodrat looks more like a squirrel than a rat, and is aptly named the bushy-tailed woodrat (N. cinerreus) (Ref. 109946)

Members of the genus Neotoma

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 40 species and subspecies in this genus:

N. albigula (White-Throated Woodrat) · N. albigula albigula (White-Throated Woodrat) · N. albigula venusta (Colorado Valley Woodrat) · N. angustapalata (Tamaulipan Woodrat) · N. anthonyi (Anthony's Woodrat) · N. bryanti (Bryant's Woodrat) · N. bunkeri (Bunkers Woodrat) · N. chrysomelas (Nicaraguan Woodrat) · N. cinerea (Bushy-Talied Woodrat) · N. cinerea cinerea (Bushy-Tailed Woodrat) · N. devia (Arizona Woodrat) · N. floridana (Key Largo Woodrat) · N. floridana baileyi (Bailey's Eastern Woodrat) · N. floridana floridana (Eastern Woodrat) · N. floridana haematoreia (Southern Appalachian Eastern Woodrat) · N. floridana illinoensis (Eastern Woodrat) · N. floridana smalli (Eastern Woodrat) · N. fuscipes (San Joaquin Valley Woodrat) · N. fuscipes annectens (San Francisco Dusky-Footed Woodrat) · N. fuscipes fuscipes (Dusky-Footed Woodrat) · N. fuscipes luciana (Monterey Dusky-Footed Woodrat) · N. fuscipes riparia (San Joaquin Valley Wood Rat) · N. goldmani (Goldman's Woodrat) · N. lepida (Desert Woodrat) · N. lepida intermedia (Desert Woodrat) · N. lepida lepida (Desert Woodrat) · N. leucodon (White-Toothed Woodrat) · N. macrotis (Big-Eared Woodrat) · N. magister (Allegheny Woodrat) · N. martinensis (San Martin Island Woodrat) · N. mexicana (Mexican Woodrat) · N. mexicana mexicana (Mexican Woodrat) · N. micropus (Southern Plains Woodrat) · N. micropus leucophaea (Southern Plains Woodrat) · N. micropus micropus (Southern Plains Woodrat) · N. nelsoni (Nelson's Woodrat) · N. palatina (Bolano's Woodrat) · N. phenax (Sonoran Woodrat) · N. stephensi (Stephens's Woodrat) · N. varia (Turner Island Woodrat)

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Notes

Contributors

• Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Baillie, J. 1996. Neotoma albigula. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• New Mexico Wildlife. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Version of April 24, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T., Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2008. Neotoma albigula. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de Mamíferos de la Sierra Volcánica Transversal de México (UAM-I)
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de Mamíferos de Nuevo León, México (UANL)
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of Alaska Museum Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of New Mexico Division of Genomic Resources Mammal Collection
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology Mammal Collection
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 109716
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180370
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180370
• IUCN ID: 226422
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMAFF08030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8099

Footnotes

1. New Mexico Wildlife. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Version of April 24, 2009. [back]
2. Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T., Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. 2008. Neotoma albigula. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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