Southern Plains Woodrat
Neotoma micropus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 71
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Southern Plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in northwest Mexico and in Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas in the United States. The subspecies Neotoma micropus leucophaea: White Sands woodrat, is white in coloration and found only at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Southern Plains woodrat”.