Big-eared woodrat
The big-eared woodrat (Neotoma macrotis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] Closely related to, and formerly included in the species Neotoma fuscipes, it occurs from northern Baja California northward to the California Coast Ranges west and south of the Salinas Valley and in the Sierra Nevada to the South Fork American River.[3] A study of the species found the "Bear Canyon" virus, a mammarenavirus, traditionally associated with the California mouse, is actually passed by the big-eared woodrat before host-jumping to the California mouse.[4]
| Big-eared woodrat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Neotominae |
| Genus: | Neotoma |
| Species: | N. macrotis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neotoma macrotis Thomas, 1893 | |
References
- Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T. & Lacher, T. 2016. Neotoma macrotis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T14597A22370553. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14597A22370553.en. Downloaded on 04 October 2017.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1057. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Matocq, Marjorie D. 2002. Morphological and Molecular Analysis of a Contact Zone in the Neotoma Fuscipes Species Complex. Journal of Mammalogy, Volume 83, Issue 3, August 2002, Pages 866–883.
- Cajimat, M. N. B.; Milazzo, M. L.; Hess, B. D.; Rood, M. P.; Fulhorst, C. F. (2007-10-25). "Principal host relationships and evolutionary history of the North American arenaviruses". Virology. 367 (2): 235–243. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2007.05.031. PMC 2323605. PMID 17624390.
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