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The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States. It constructs large dens that may serve as nests for many generations and stores food in outlying caches for the winter.
A pack rat or packrat, also called a woodrat or trade rat, are any species in the North and Central American rodent genus Neotoma. Pack rats have a rat-like appearance, with long tails, large ears, and large, black eyes.
A multi-state effort is underway to increase the number of rare Allegheny woodrats and the first pups will be released in June, including one in southwestern Pennsylvania.
The Allegheny woodrat is a medium-sized rodent almost indistinguishable from the closely related eastern woodrat, although slightly larger on average, and often with longer whiskers. Adults typically range from 31 to 45 cm (12 to 18 in) in total length, including a tail measuring 15 to 21 cm (5.9 to 8.3 in).
The Key Largo woodrat is similar to the mainland Florida woodrat and cannot be distinguished from it in size or external anatomy. It differs in the shape of the sphenopalatine vacuities (openings in the roof of the mesopterygoid fossa, the gap behind the palate), which are narrower and shorter than in N. f. floridana.
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Tamaulipan woodrat, Neotoma angustapalata †Anthony's woodrat, Neotoma anthonyi; Bryant's woodrat, Neotoma bryanti †Bunker's woodrat, Neotoma bunkeri; Nicaraguan woodrat, Neotoma chrysomelas; Arizona woodrat, Neotoma devia; Guatemala woodrat, Neotoma ferruginea; Eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana ; Dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes
Falling wood pellet prices, lousy long-term contracts, rising interest rates, and operational woes have Enviva in a world of financial pain.