Neotoma devia
Arizona Woodrat
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Range | |
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Taxonomic classification | |
Order: | Rodentia |
Suborder: | Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder: | Myomorphi |
Superfamily: | Muroidea |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Neotominae |
Tribe: | Neotomini |
Genus: | Neotoma |
Subgenus: | Neotoma (subgenus) |
Binomial details | |
Neotoma devia E. A. Goldman, 1927 |
Description
From Patton et al. (2007): "A small-bodied woodrat restricted to the deserts of western Arizona and northwestern Sonora. Tail proportionately long (86% of head-and-body length) but with number of caudal vertebrae averaging 25.5 and not significantly different from that found in N. lepida (F(1,55) = 0.076, p = 0.784). Pelage soft and silky; overall color tones intermediate with melanic individuals and/or populations known at various localities throughout range."
External measurements
Length measurements are in millimeters (mm) and weight measurements are in grams (g), unless stated otherwise. If available, the sample size (n=) is provided. If a range is not provided and n= is not given, then the listed measurement represents an average.
Part of range | Reference | Total length | Tail length | Hindfoot length | Ear length | Mass |
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Arizona (Central Coconino County, south and east of the Grand Canyon) | Patton et al. (2007) | 267–305 (n=37) | 115–146 (n=37) | 24–33 (n=42) | 24–32 (n=22) | |
Arizona (La Paz County, northern Yuma County) | Patton et al. (2007) | 266–310 (n=18) | 121–154 (n=18) | 27–32 (n=25) | 25–35 (n=23) | |
Arizona (Mohave County, south of the Grand Canyon) | Patton et al. (2007) | 255–325 (n=88) | 108–149 (n=88) | 27–32 (n=97) | 24–24 (n=89) | |
Arizona (southern Yuma County, very southwest Maricopa County, far western Pima County) and Mexico (northwest Sonora)
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Patton et al. (2007) | 260–313 (n=50) | 126–166 (n=50) | 28–32 (n=59) | 25–34 (n=57) |
Skull
From Patton et al. (2007): "Skull with inflated bullae (average 7.1 x 7.4 mm length by width); septum of incisive foramen with short vomer and enlarged vacuity; frontal contact with lacrimal much less than maxilla contact. Anteromedial flexus of anteroloph of M1 shallow to obsolete, except in very young individuals."
Similar species
For differentiating Neotoma bryanti from other members of the Neotoma lepida group, see Key to the species in the desert woodrat group by Patton et al. (2007).
References
Goldman, EA. 1927-12-02. A new wood rat from Arizona. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 40:205-206.
Patton JL, Huckaby DG, Álvarez-Castañeda ST. 2007. The evolutionary history and a systematic revision of woodrats of the Neotoma lepida group (Vol. 135). Berkeley (CA, USA): University of California Press.