Allegheny woodrat

Allegheny woodrat

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Neotominae
Genus: Neotoma
Species:
N. magister
Binomial name
Neotoma magister
Baird, 1857
Allegheny woodrat range
Synonyms

Neotoma floridana magister

The Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister), is a species of "pack rat" in the genus Neotoma. Once believed to be a subspecies of the eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), extensive DNA analysis has proven it to be a distinct species.[3]

  1. ^ Linzey, A.V.; NatureServe (Hammerson, G.; Whittaker, J.C.; Norris, S.J.). (2008). "Neotoma magister". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T14581A4446084. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14581A4446084.en. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ Edwards, C.W.; Bradley, R.D. (2001). "Molecular phylogenetics of the Neotoma floridana species group". Journal of Mammalogy. 82 (3): 791–798. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2001)082<0791:MPOTNF>2.0.CO;2.

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