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Neotoma magister (Appalachian woodrat; Allegheny woodrat)

Synonyms: Neotoma pennsylvanica

Wikipedia Abstract

The Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister), is a species of "pack rat" in the genus Neotoma. Once believed to be a subspecies of the eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), extensive DNA analysis has proven it to be a distinct species.
View Wikipedia Record: Neotoma magister

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.88
EDGE Score: 2.46
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  347 grams
Birth Weight [2]  16 grams
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  3 months 29 days
Male Maturity [1]  3 months 11 days
Gestation [2]  33 days
Litter Size [2]  2
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [2]  5 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (21 cm)

Prey / Diet

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Epitedia cavernicola[2]
Ixodes angustus[2]

Range Map

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External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Neotoma magister, Steven B. Castleberry, Michael T. Mengak, and W. Mark Ford, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 789, pp. 1-5 (2006)
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0