TN10036 EASTERN WOODRAT NEOTOMA FLORIDANA
| Species ID | TN10036 |
| Name | WOODRAT, EASTERN |
| Other Common Names | PACK RAT TRADE RAT |
| Category | 05 Mammals |
| Elcode | |
| Phylum | CHORDATA |
| Subphylum | |
| Class | MAMMALIA |
| Subclass | |
| Suborder | |
| Order | RODENTIA |
| Family | CRICETIDAE |
| Genus | NEOTOMA |
| Species | FLORIDANA |
| Subspecies | |
| Authority | ORD 1818 |
| Scientific Name | NEOTOMA FLORIDANA |
Comments
The eastern woodrat, alias the cliff rat, the cave rat, and the most famous alias, the pack rat is one of Pennsylvania's threatened species. The woodrat is in no way related to the sinister imported black and brown rat *90*. INCLUDES N. magister. *TN6201*