Common Name
Eastern Woodrat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Neotoma floridana
Status
U.S ESA - Endangered as N. f. smalli; IUCN - Endangered as N. f. smalli, Lower Risk (nt) as N. f. baileyi and N. f. haematoreia, otherwise Lower Risk (lc)
States
Alabama
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Nebraska
New York
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Wyoming
Distribution
SC and SE USA from EC Colorado to C Texas, eastwards to the Atlantic seaboard, from S North Carolina to peninsular Florida; isolated population on Florida Keys (smalli)
Notes
Active year-round, but may stay in its house in bad weather. Climbs well and is semi-arboreal. Habitat is variable; includes bluffs and rocky areas, swamps and hammocks, forested uplands and dry scrub pine. Lives in large houses of sticks and trash on sur
Florida
Key Largo woodrat is vulnerable to extinction