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Mexican Woodrat

Neotoma mexicana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Mexico.January 113, February 105, March 118, April 174, May 221, June 133, July 134, August 146, September 147, October 120, November 103, December 116.
United States3,760
New Mexico1,633
Texas677
Colorado644
Arizona591
Mexico217
Utah195
Chihuahua192
Oklahoma19
Jalisco7

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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