Big-eared woodrat
Appearance
Big-eared woodrat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Neotominae |
Genus: | Neotoma |
Species: | N. macrotis
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Binomial name | |
Neotoma macrotis Thomas, 1893
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The big-eared woodrat (Neotoma macrotis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] 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.[3]
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.
- ^ 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). Elsevier: 235–243. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2007.05.031. PMC 2323605. PMID 17624390.