#0456 · 🦊 mammals

Bushy-tailed Woodrat

🇳🇱 Pluimstaartrat ·Neotoma cinerea

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © sohzendeh · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Thomas J. Bright · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Strathcona at Hemlock, Kamloops, BC V2C 1B9, Canada:© no rights reserved · CC0
4. Okanagan-Similkameen, CA-BC, CA:© Sean Vanderluit · CC BY 4.0
5. Duncan, BC V9L 6K4, Canada:© Jerry Janik · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Inuvik Region, NT, Canada:© Suzanne Carriere · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Lewis and Clark County, US-MT, US:© lyyfy · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. State St, Skagway, AK, US:© columbiapacificregion · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Mount Lorne, YT Y0B, Canada:© yukongrrl · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. California, US:© Alyssa Semerdjian · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The bushy-tailed woodrat , or packrat ( Neotoma cinerea ) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Canada and the United States. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, and temperate grassland.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,238iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,238 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Ord in 1815 (211 years ago).