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Allegheny Woodrat

Neotoma magister

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 6, February 6, March 7, April 13, May 22, June 11, July 8, August 8, September 9, October 8, November 6, December 5.
United States382
New York108
West Virginia68
Virginia61
Tennessee35
Pennsylvania27
Maryland24
Ohio20
Kentucky18
North Carolina9

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilyHamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies · Cricetidae
GenusWoodrats · Neotoma

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Remember the name next time.

Practise Allegheny Woodrat with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.