Eastern woodrat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the eastern woodrat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Neotoma floridana
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Mass	12.9 g (birth weight); 299 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the eastern woodrat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the eastern woodrat in 1 country or territory across North America.

United States

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an eastern woodrat?

Wikidata records the following for the eastern woodrat: mass 12.9 g (birth weight); 299 g (adult weight).

Is the eastern woodrat endangered?

The eastern woodrat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the eastern woodrat?

The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Neotoma. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the eastern woodrat

The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States. It constructs large dens that may serve as nests for many generations and stores food in outlying caches for the winter. While widespread and not uncommon, it has declined or disappeared in several areas.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eastern woodrat (revision 1328560460), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1766870 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).