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White-toothed Woodrat

Neotoma leucodon

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 91, February 87, March 99, April 187, May 115, June 56, July 50, August 52, September 61, October 65, November 85, December 83.
United States1,715
Texas1,031
New Mexico581
Oklahoma88
Mexico21
Colorado15
Zacatecas6
Nuevo Leon5
Chihuahua2
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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