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Southern Plains Woodrat

Neotoma micropus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 203, February 194, March 221, April 419, May 257, June 125, July 112, August 116, September 137, October 146, November 191, December 185.
United States4,211
Texas2,306
Oklahoma738
New Mexico690
Kansas356
Colorado121
Mexico34
Tamaulipas19
Nuevo Leon13
Coahuila de Zaragoza2

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Classification

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

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