Common Name
Dusky-footed Woodrat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Neotoma fuscipes
Status
U.S. ESA - Endangered as N. f. riparia; IUCN - Critically Endangered as N. f. riparia, Data Deficient as N. f. annectens, otherwise Lower Risk (lc)
States
California
Oregon
Distribution
Coastal and Cascade mountains, W Oregon, southwards to Inner Coastal Range, WC California and N Sierra Nevadas, EC California
Notes
Makes large houses, about 3 ft high, 3-7 ft wide, usually placed on the ground around the trunks of trees or in dense brush. Generations of these woodrats use the same house, increasing the size. Lives in dense chaparral, mixed deciduous forest with thick