Florida Rat (Neotoma floridana)
Date 1851
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6260943026
Author John James Audubon; John Woodhouse Audubon; John Bachman
Full title The quadrupeds of North America,
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_quadrupeds_of_North_America_(Plate_IV)_(6260943026).jpg
The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States. It constructs large dens that may serve as nests for many generations and stores food in outlying caches for the winter. |