Key Largo Woodrat

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Key Largo Woodrat
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Neotoma Species: N. floridana Subspecies: N. f. smalli
Trinomial name
Neotoma floridana smalli Sherman, 1955

The Key Largo Woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli), is a medium-sized rat found in the northern one third area of Key Largo, Florida, in the United States. It is currently on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered species. The rat grows to 260 grams and feeds on fruit, leaves and buds. It has a gray-brown back and white belly, chest, and throat, and a hairy tail. Only 6,500 animals were thought to remain in North Key Largo in the late 1980s. It is a subspecies of the Florida Woodrat (Neotoma floridana).

[edit] References and external links

• Yensen et al (2000). Neotoma floridana ssp. smalli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this subspecies is endangered
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Endangered Species - [1]