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Bushy-tailed Woodrat Neotoma cinerea

Found in western Canada and the United States. The bushy-tailed woodrat is the original "pack rat", the species in which the trading habit is most pronounced. It has a strong preference for shiny objects and will drop whatever it may be carrying in favor of a coin or a spoon.

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Desert wood rat By: M. A. Chappell From: Nature's Unlovables 1990

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Animal of the Day!

Bushy-tailed Woodrat (Neotoma cinerea)

(Photo from National Parks Service)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Western Canada; Northwestern United States

Size (Weight/Length)- 40 cm

Diet- Fruits; Leaves; Insects; Seeds

Cool Facts- Bushy-tailed woodrats, like many other species of rodent, thrive in human altered environments. Normally, these woodrats live in canyons and rocky areas but readily make homes in mines or old buildings. Being mostly nocturnal, a bushy-tailed woodrat could be sharing your attic and you would never know. Bushy-tailed woodrats rarely have to drink and get the majority of their water from eating succulents and sagebrush. Males are highly territorial but females are very chill. The female offspring of a mother will often create overlapping territories and occasionally share food stashes with each other. When females make a nest for their babies, it is done 15 meters up a pinetree.

Rating- 11/10 (When threatened, they drum their hind foot.)