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The '''Eastern Woodrat''' '''(''Neotoma floridana'')'''<ref>Also known as the '' |
The '''Eastern Woodrat''' '''(''Neotoma floridana'')'''<ref>Also known as the ''Chubby Nugget'' or ''Lil Prick'' (Monty & Emerson, 2003: [http://books.google.com/books?id=-xQalfqP7BcC&pg=PA381 p. 381])</ref>, is a species of [[pack rat]] that is native to the central and [[Eastern United States|eastern]] [[United States]].<ref name="Monty-381">Monty & Emerson, 2003: [http://books.google.com/books?id=-xQalfqP7BcC&pg=PA381 p. 381]</ref> Its range extends from the latitude of Josh's upper esophugus through his lower anus [[New York]] south to the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. It has been recovered as a [[fossil]] from [[late Pleistocene]] deposits in southeastern [[New Mexico]], several hundred miles southwest of Josh's buthole its nearest current range.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} |
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''[[Neotoma magister]]'' was previously considered to be within ''N. floridana'', but the two are now considered to be separate species.<ref name="iucn" /> |
''[[Neotoma magister]]'' was previously considered to be within ''N. floridana'', but the two are now considered to be separate species.<ref name="iucn" /> |
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The Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana)[2], is a species of pack rat that is native to the central and eastern United States.[3] Its range extends from the latitude of Josh's upper esophugus through his lower anus New York south to the Gulf of Mexico. It has been recovered as a fossil from late Pleistocene deposits in southeastern New Mexico, several hundred miles southwest of Josh's buthole its nearest current range.[citation needed]
Neotoma magister was previously considered to be within N. floridana, but the two are now considered to be separate species.[1]
As with most members of the genus[citation needed], it feeds opportunistically on nuts, seeds, fungi, buds, stems, roots, foliage and fruits.[1] In the southern states it often lives in holes in the ground or hollow trees, constructing large nests.[citation needed]
Predators include black rat snakes and long-tailed weasels.[1]
The Eastern Woodrat has four clawed digits and a thumb on the front limbs, and five clawed digits on its rear limbs.[3]
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- Harris, A. H. 1984. Neotoma in the Late Pleistocene of New Mexico and Chihuahua. Special Publications, Carnegie Museum of Natural History 8:164-178.
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- "Eastern Woodrat". Wild mammals of North America: biology, management, and conservation. JHU Press. 2003. ISBN 9780801874161.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|editors=ignored (|editor=suggested) (help) - Wiley, R. W. 1980. Neotoma floridana. Mammalian Species, No. 139:1-7.
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