Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Desert Woodrat
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
)
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
)
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
)
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
)
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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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Further Reading
- Brigham Young University science bulletin. 15 1971 Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] url p. 19, p. 26, p. 29, p. 61, p. 9.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 198, p. 388, p. 538, p. 566, p. 861.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1902-1971. url p. 123, p. 139, p. 28, p. 45, p. 62, p. 81, p. 88.
- Dispersal in rodents: a resident fitness hypothesis / Paul K. Anderson. [Provo, Utah]: American Society of Mammalogists, c1989. url p. 125.
- Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 100.
- Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony. .. with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and maps. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. url p. 385.
- Handbook of mammals of Kansas / by E. Raymond Hall. 1955 Lawrence, Kansas: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1955. url fig. 45, page 153, fig. 94, page 291.
- List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 198.
- Naturalist's guide to the Americas, prepared by the Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions of the Ecological Society of America, with assistance from numerous organizations and individuals, assembled and edited by chairman, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1926. url p. 566, p. 566.
- Papers on mammalogy, published in honor of Wilfred Hudson Osgood. 27 1941 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1941 url fig. 57 , p. 315.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 198.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 117, p. 158.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url , , p. 83, p. 87.
- The Great Basin naturalist. 37 1977 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 158, p. 203, p. 204, p. 22, p. 237, p. 238, howell, page 35, p. 407, p. 409, p. 410, p. 45, p. 480, p. 590, p. 68, p. 71, egoscue, page 75, allred & beck, page 87.
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 7 1934 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 391, p. 417, p. 418.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 6 1952 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 10, p. 26, p. 320, p. 337, p. 340, p. 341, p. 342, p. 343, p. 485, p. 516, p. 528, p. 529, p. 562.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6894163
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2374204
