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Allegheny woodrats become ****ually
mature at
three to four
months of age, and, in the wild, have been
known to live up to 58 months.
Allegheny woodrats are...
- to
become a nuisance. Bushy-tailed
woodrats feed
primarily on
green vegetation, twigs, and shoots.
Mexican woodrats eat seeds, fruits, acorns, and cactus...
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concerning woodrat carnivory. However,
woodrats will
cache carrion if
given the chance.
Drinking water is
typically not needed.
Woodrats get the water...
- 3 lb (590 g). The bushy-tailed
woodrat is the
largest and most cold-tolerant
species of
woodrat. Bushy-tailed
woodrats are
found in
western North America...
- rats.
Desert woodrats have a
narrow snout, long whiskers, and
relatively long ears that are
almost the
length of the hind feet.
Desert woodrats range from...
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woodrat's nest, the
woodrat may take
shelter in
another nearby nest.
Woodrats alert each
other of
nearby predators by
rattling their tails.
Woodrats build...
- white-throated
woodrats subsisted on
stored beans, bark, and stems. Some white-throated
woodrats store food in
their houses. Of 30 white-throated
woodrat dens found...
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thought to have been
driven to
extinction through predation from
feral cats.
Woodrats were
commonly known to have
lived near the land
bridge islands where there...
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mitochondrial DNA of Key
Largo woodrats is
distinct by at
least 0.6% from that of the most
similar subspecies, the
Florida woodrat (N. f. floridana) from further...
- competition. Big-eared
woodrats consume oak
leaves as
greater than 85% of
their diet, and this
specialization differentiates big-eared
woodrats from
other species...
