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Desert Woodrat

Neotoma lepida

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 549, February 475, March 495, April 614, May 596, June 438, July 376, August 383, September 485, October 496, November 638, December 492.
United States12,335
California6,036
Utah1,779
Arizona722
Nevada202
Oregon75
Texas41
Idaho36
Colorado29
Mexico5

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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