Wood rat

Bushy-tailed Woodrat (Packrat) Overview The bushy tailed woodrat is the only native rat found in Canada. It is immediately distinguished from the introduced Norway and Roof rats by its bushy tail. It is a large, gentle, squirrel-like rodent. Its adult fur coat is long, soft, dense, usually grey on the back and with tawny brown […]

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University of Utah lab experiments found that when temperatures get warmer, woodrats suffer a reduced ability to live on their normal diet of toxic creosote – suggesting that global warming may hurt plant-eating animals. “This study adds to our understanding of how climate change may affect mammals, in that their ability to consume dietary toxins…

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American spiny rat, (family Echimyidae), any of at least 80 nocturnal species of medium-sized Central and South American rodents that have a bristly coat of flat flexible spines, although a few have soft fur. Like “true” rats and mice (family Muridae), spiny rats are slender and have short limbs, small hairless ears, large eyes, and either pointed or blunt noses with long whiskers. The tail breaks off easily when pulled, and many individuals thus have stubby or missing tails. When intact…

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