#0351 · 🦊 mammals

Dusky-footed Woodrat

🇳🇱 Donkervoetrat ·Neotoma fuscipes

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The dusky-footed woodrat ( Neotoma fuscipes ) is a species of nocturnal rodent in the family Cricetidae. They are commonly called "packrats" or "trade rats" and build large, domed dens that can reach several feet in height. Coyotes and other predators will attempt to prey on these rodents by laying waste to the dens, but the sheer volume of material is usually dissuasive. Occasionally, dusky-footed woodrats will build satellite dens in trees. Although these animals are religiously solitary,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,210iNaturalist 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).