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Desert woodrats are relatively small for pack rats, measuring 28 to 39 cm (11 to 15 in) in length, including a 12 to 20 cm (4.7 to 7.9 in) tail. They weigh from 122 to 350 g (4.3 to 12.3 oz), with males being larger than females.
Bushy-tailed woodrats are preyed upon by many predators, including: spotted owls, bobcats, black bears, coyotes, foxes, weasels, Snakes, martens, and hawks. The sheltered conditions offered by the midden are often used by reptiles during the colder months. The rattlesnake, normally a predator of the woodrat in the warmer months, is a common lodger.
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.
White-throated woodrats also occupied a human constructed desert riparian habitat at No Name Lake on the Colorado River Indian Reservation on the Arizona side of the Colorado River. The area was cleared of nonnative tamarisk (Tamarix spp.) and 80% of the area was planted with native Fremont cottonwood and honey mesquite.
Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps, a 2004 real time strategy game based on the North Africa Campaign of World War II; Desert woodrat, a small species of pack rat native to desert regions of western North America; The Rat Patrol, an American TV program (1966–1968) loosely based on the North Africa Campaign of World War II
Guatemala woodrat, Neotoma ferruginea; Eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana ; Dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes; Goldman's woodrat, Neotoma goldmani; Desert woodrat, Neotoma lepida ; White-toothed woodrat, Neotoma leucodon; Big-eared woodrat, Neotoma macrotis; Allegheny woodrat, Neotoma magister †San Martin Island woodrat, Neotoma martinensis
The Santa Cruz kangaroo rat, more closely related to chipmunks and gophers than kangaroos or rats, had not been spotted in the area since the 1940s.
The term rat is also used in the names of other small mammals that are not true rats. Examples include the North American pack rats (aka wood rats [3]) and a number of species loosely called kangaroo rats. [3] Rats such as the bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis) are murine rodents related to true rats but are not members of the genus Rattus ...