Common Name
Mexican Woodrat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Neotoma mexicana
Status
Lower Risk
States
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Texas
Utah
Distribution
SE Utah and C Colorado, southwards through W and interior Mexico to highlands of Guatemala, El Salvador and W Honduras
Notes
Eats a variety of green plant material including some conifers, also seeds, berries and acorns. Seldom makes a large stick house, but usually constructs its nest in a rock crevice. Habitat is cliffs, talus slopes and rocky outcrops mostly in montane conif
Oklahoma
Found in mountainous regions; rock canyons of Black Mesa.