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  • There are also two endemic rodents (Peromyscus ochraventer, Neotoma angustapalata).

    Veracruz moist forests 2008

  • Uniquely, Ray Larsen, of Bozeman, Mont., offered “a little testimony in defense of the often-maligned pack rat,” genus Neotoma.

    Word Fugitives 2006

  • Uniquely, Ray Larsen, of Bozeman, Mont., offered “a little testimony in defense of the often-maligned pack rat,” genus Neotoma.

    Word Fugitives 2006

  • Characteristic small mammals include southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus), and Mexican spiny pocket mouse (Liomys irroratus).

    Tamaulipan mezquital 2008

  • The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), found on the cliff faces and boulder piles of water gaps, has been classified as threatened in Pennsylvania (Genoways, 1985, p. 362).

    Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

  • Reid reported on the value of the Neotoma as archeo-climate-geological index and even as a human food item.

    More Pack Rats! 2006

  • Reid reported on the value of the Neotoma as archeo-climate-geological index and even as a human food item.

    Archive 2006-11-01 2006

  • As an alumnus member of the University of Arizona biology department's Secret Order of Packrat Eaters,I can personally attest to at least the nutritious value of Neotoma albigula.

    Breakfast on the Trail with Frank Hamilton Cushing 2006

  • All packrats-- genus Neotoma-- have hair on their tales and build nests, unlike naked- tailed "Norway" rats.

    More Pack Rats! 2006

  • Eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana: Life history and ecology.

    Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban

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