Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Mammalia
      Order: Rodentia
        Family: Cricetidae
          Genus: Neotoma
            Species: micropus leucophaea

White Sands Woodrat - Neotoma micropus leucophaea

White Sands Woodrat

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S3

Rank Metadata
State Rank: S3 Rank Changed: 02/28/2014
Rank Reviewed: 02/28/2014
Reason: No real threat to the species despite its limited range. Commonly captured during trapping in 1994 (J. Stewart, 2013).
 
Ecological Factors
Specificity: N/A Range Extent: N/A
Occurences: N/A Population Size: N/A
Area of Occupancy: approximate extent of gypsum dunes at White Sands Missile Range Threat Summary: N/A

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Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 8

Number of Mapped Locations: 8

Number of Observations: 9

Observation date range: 05-06-1933 to 11-27-1994


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