Subspecies of rodent endemic to Key Largo, Florida, United States
Key Largo woodrat
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Endangered (ESA)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Cricetidae
Subfamily:
Neotominae
Genus:
Neotoma
Species:
N. floridana
Subspecies:
N. f. smalli
Trinomial name
Neotoma floridana smalli
Sherman, 1955
The Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli),[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] a subspecies of the eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), is a medium-sized rat found on less than 2,000 acres (~8.09 square kilometers) of the northern area of Key Largo, Florida, in the United States.[10] It is currently on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered species. Only 6500 animals were thought to remain in North Key Largo in the late 1980s.[3]
^NatureServe (3 February 2023). "Neotoma floridana smalli". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
^Mammal Species of the World – Browse: floridana. Bucknell.edu. Retrieved on 18 February 2023.
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^Gingerich, Jerry Lee (1994). Florida's Fabulous Mammals. Tampa, FL: World Publications. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-911977-13-4.
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