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  2. Eastern woodrat - Wikipedia

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    The nest can be constructed from a variety of different materials, such as sticks and branches, rocks, dry dung, tin cans, glass shards, and lined with dry grass, crushed bark, bird feathers, and even rotting wood, acorn fragments, and loose soil. [9] These items are either picked up in the mouth or dragged, depending on the size of the item. [6]

  3. Allegheny woodrat - Wikipedia

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    Nocturnal, Allegheny woodrats spend their nights foraging, collecting food and nesting materials. They are most active during the earlier part of the night, from about a half hour after sunset, and again shortly before dawn. During the summer, males have home ranges of about 6.5 ha (16 acres), and females of about 2.5 ha (6.2 acres). [4]

  4. Pack rat - Wikipedia

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    Each species of pack rat is generally restricted to a given type of habitat within its range. Pack rats live anywhere from low, hot, dry deserts to cold, rocky slopes above timberline. Pack rats build complex houses or dens made of twigs, cactus joints, and other materials. These contain several nest chambers, food caches, and debris piles.

  5. Bushy-tailed woodrat - Wikipedia

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    Nests are usually within the midden, but regional variations to this rule occur. When not contained within the midden, the nest is usually concealed in a rocky crevice behind a barricade of sticks. [3] In coniferous forests, the woodrat may build its house as high as 50 feet (15 m) up a tree. [3] Bushy-tailed woodrats do not hibernate. They ...

  6. Rats rule the NYC subway system. These stations are their ...

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    The data shows New Yorkers reported spotting rats on 40 per cent of subway trips in the past month while each station has been ranked in terms of how ratty it is. Transit also asks commuters if ...

  7. Dusky-footed woodrat - Wikipedia

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    Nicknames include "packrats" or "trade rats" because of their tendency to hoard things, build large domed dens, and "trade" by dropping then picking up another object for it. Coyotes and other predators will attempt to prey on these rodents by laying waste to the dens, but the sheer volume of material is usually dissuasive. Occasionally, dusky ...

  8. Greater stick-nest rat - Wikipedia

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    The greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor), also known as the housebuilding rat [4] and wopilkara, [5] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.They are about the size of a small rabbit and construct large nests of interwoven sticks.

  9. Nesting instinct - Wikipedia

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    The sows will use their forelimbs and snouts in order to create excavated depressions within the ground and to gather/transport nesting materials. [9] Although the nests vary in radius dependent on the age of the sow, the nests are generally a round to oval shape and are usually located near trees, uprooted stumps or logs. [9]

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