Big-eared Woodrat

Common Name
Big-eared Woodrat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Species Name
Neotoma macrotis
Status
IUCN – Data Deficient as N. fuscipes luciana.
States
California

Distribution

Santa Lucia Range, WC California, and Sierra Nevada, EC California, southwards to N Baja California Norte, México; isolated population in SE California.
They are found as far north as Salinas Valley in California and as far south as Baja California, Mexico. They are also in most parts of southern California between these two points, as well as in the southern portions of the Sierra Nevada and Coastal Ranges. (Haynie, et al., 2007; Matocq and Murphy, 2007)