Common Name
Desert Woodrat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Neotoma lepida
Status
Data Deficient as N. l. intermedia, otherwise Lower Risk
States
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Distribution
SE Oregon to C Utah and WC Colorado, south through Nevada, NW Arizona, and S California to S Baja California Sur, Mexico
Notes
Obtains water from fleshy plants such as yucca and prickly pear cactus. It usually makes a stick house under one of the food plants, or may den among rocks. Lives in deserts and coastal sage scrub; favors areas with rocky outcrops and plentiful succulents
Oregon
Smallest member of this genus in Oregon