What is Pack rat?
{{Taxobox | name = Pack rats | fossil_range = Late [[Miocene]] – Recent | image = Neotoma cinerea.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''[[Neotoma cinerea]]'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | superfamilia = [[Muroidea]] | familia = [[Cricetidae]] | subfamilia = [[Neotominae]] | tribus = [[Neotomini]] | genus = '''''Neotoma''''' | genus_authority = [[Thomas Say|Say]] & [[George Ord|Ord]], 1825 <!-- | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = ''[[Neotoma albigula]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma angustapalata]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma anthonyi]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma bryanti]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma bunkeri]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma chrysomelas]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma cinerea]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma devia]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma floridana]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma fuscipes]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma goldmani]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma lepida]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma leucodon]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma macrotis]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma magister]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma martinensis]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma mexicana]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma micropus]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma nelsoni]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma palatina]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma phenax]]''<br> ''[[Neotoma stephensi]]'' --> }} The '''pack rat''', also known as the '''wood rat''' or '''trade rat''', is a [[rodent]] of one of several species in the [[genus]] [[Neotoma]]. Very often, people mean the '''bushy-tailed woodrat''' (''Neotoma cinerea''). Packrats are common in the [[desert]]s and highlands of the western [[United States]] and northern [[Mexico]]. They are smaller than a usual (Old World) [[rat]], and usually have long, sometimes bushy tails. They are also not related to the rat, other than also being a rodent. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Rodents]] [[Category:Mammals of North America]]