White-toothed woodrat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Neotoma leucodon
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the white-toothed woodrat live?

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

Mexico

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.

Is the white-toothed woodrat endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the white-toothed woodrat?

The white-toothed woodrat (Neotoma leucodon) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Neotoma. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the white-toothed woodrat

Neotoma leucodon is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Although originally named from San Luis Potosí, Mexico, as a species by Clinton Hart Merriam, the white-toothed woodrat was long considered to be a synonym of the white-throated woodrat (Neotoma albigula). Molecular data, however, indicate the populations east of the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Trans-Pecos Texas represent a different species than morphologically similar populations west of the river.

The habitat preferences of the two species appear similar, with woodland to desert habitats preferred. Almost invariably, cacti, especially cholla and prickly pear (Opuntia), are present, and form an integral portion of their diets. In general, the data provided by Macedo and Mares (1988) for what was then thought to be a single species applies to both.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article White-toothed woodrat (revision 1328266717), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1769785 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).