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Neotoma cinerea (bushy-tailed woodrat)

Specimen Images | FW6382 | FW7539 | FW2405 |


Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Cricetidae
Genus Neotoma
Species Neotoma cinerea
Common bushy-tailed woodrat
Diet herbivore
Habitat boreal woodlands to desert
Description

Subfamily: Neotominae

Tail bushy and distichous (feather-like). Tail and body distinctly bicolored. Total length ~42 cm, tail ~20 cm.

Skull Characteristics

Skull length ~5 cm. Prismatic teeth.

Sphenopalatine vacuity minimal or closed around the presphenoid.

Notes

Links to more species information:
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