Allegheny Woodrat
Neotoma magister Baird, 1857

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Trogloxene

Realm

Terrestrial

Distribution

Range

Known from 26 counties across five states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia

Counties

Alabama

Jackson, Lauderdale, Madison, Marshall

Indiana

Harrison

Kentucky

Carter, Edmonson, Jackson, Logan, Pulaski, Rockcastle

Tennessee

Claiborne, Coffee, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Rhea, Van Buren, Warren

Virginia

Lee

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

NT Near Threatened

Assessed in 2024.

NatureServe

G3 Vulnerable

National ranks

United States

N3 Vulnerable

Subnational ranks

Kentucky

S3 Vulnerable

North Carolina

S2 Imperiled

Alabama

S3 Vulnerable

West Virginia

S3 Vulnerable

Ohio

S1 Critically Imperiled

Connecticut

SH Possibly Extirpated

Indiana

S1 Critically Imperiled

Virginia

S3 Vulnerable

Tennessee

S3 Vulnerable

New Jersey

S1 Critically Imperiled

Maryland

S1 Critically Imperiled

New York

S1 Critically Imperiled

District of Columbia

SH Possibly Extirpated

Pennsylvania

S2 Imperiled

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

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