Desert woodrat

Desert woodrat
Secure
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Neotoma
Species:
N. lepida
Binomial name
Neotoma lepida
Thomas, 1893

The desert woodrat (Neotoma lepida) is a species of pack rat native to desert regions of western North America.

Rat partially concealed under large succulent leaves regards the camera
Desert woodrat in a century plant
Rat holds a whole peanut in its mouth surrounded by peanuts
Desert woodrat eating a peanut
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