Common Name
White-throated Woodrat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Neotoma albigula
Status
Endangered as N. varia, Lower Risk as N. albigula
States
Arizona
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Distribution
SW Colorado and W New Mexico west of the Rio Grande to SE California, south to N Sinaloa and S Chihuahua west of the Rio Conchos, Mexico, including the islands in the Sea of Cortez
Notes
Mainly nocturnal, but sometimes seen loitering near its house by day in overcast weather. Eats mostly cacti; usually builds a large house under a prickly pear cactus, yucca or cholla, but may den in a rock crevice. Habitat is low to high deserts with abun