Neotoma magister
S. F. Baird, 1857
Allegheny Woodrat
Distribution :
Allegheny Mountains, E USA, along a southwesterly tract from extreme SE New York and NW New Jersey to N Alabama and NW Georgia; isolated pockets in S Indiana and S Ohio.
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Neotominae |
| Tribe | : Neotomini |
| Genus | : Neotoma |
Species status
Authority citation
Baird, S.F. 1857. General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Part I. Mammals. A. P. Nicholson, Washington, 757 pp.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Neotoma magister
Other common names
Appalachian Woodrat
Type material
USNM:MAMM:A12206, USNM:MAMM:A12207, USNM:MAMM:A12208, USNM:MAMM:A12209, USNM:MAMM:A12210, USNM:MAMM:A12211, USNM:MAMM:A12212, USNM:MAMM:A12213, USNM:MAMM:A12214
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
Type locality
Carlisle Bone Cave, Pennsylvania, USA.
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic
Country distribution
United States
Subregion distribution
USA(NJ, PA, MD, VA, WV, KY, NC, TN, SC, GA, AL)
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 3 names and synonyms.
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