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Field Guide to the Rare Animals of Florida: Florida Mouse (PDF), Florida Natural Areas Inventory, 2001, archived from the original (PDF) on July 27, 2011 Hafner, David J.; Gordon L. Kirkland (1998), North American rodents: status survey and conservation action plan , IUCN, ISBN 2-8317-0463-4
The eastern woodrat is a rodent of medium size, with an average length of 21.2 centimetres (8.3 in) and weight of 245 grams (0.540 lb), [3] but grows up to 17 inches (43 cm) long. [5] The body is short and stocky and the tail is exceptionally long (15–20 centimetres (5.9–7.9 in)).
The eastern harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys humulis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Southeastern United States . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland , swamps , and pastureland.
The round-tailed muskrat is a semiaquatic and nocturnal species native to the southeastern United States. [3] Limited sexual dimorphism is seen among round-tailed muskrats, with female adults weighing an average of 262 grams (9.2 oz) and male adults measuring at a slightly heavier average of 279 grams (9.8 oz). [3]
Eastern rat snake (subadult), Pantherophis quadrivittatus, in Maryland P. alleghaniensis is found in the United States east of the Apalachicola River in Florida, east of the Chattahoochee River in Georgia, east of the Appalachian Mountains, north to southeastern New York and western Vermont, eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, south to the Florida Keys.
Rodents of the United States (1 C, 125 P) Pages in category "Rodents of North America" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.
North American least shrew. Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823) common; statewide except for Keys [225] Everglades short-tailed shrew: Blarina peninsulae (Merriam, 1895) common; peninsular Southeastern shrew. Sorex longirostris Bachman, 1837 uncommon; north, south through Central Florida [226] Family Talpidae: moles: Star-nosed mole. Condylura cristata ...
The marsh rice rat is generally of little importance to humans, which is perhaps why it is not as well studied as some other North American rodents. [158] In 1931, Arthur Svihla noted that virtually no information had been published on the habits and life history of the marsh rice rat since the 1854 publication of Audubon and Bachman's ...