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title: "Mexican Woodrat"
description: "Neotoma mexicana — Mammiferi. The Mexican woodrat (Neotoma mexicana) is a medium-sized pack rat."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mexican-woodrat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexican Woodrat

> Neotoma mexicana — Mammiferi. The Mexican woodrat (Neotoma mexicana) is a medium-sized pack rat.

- Scientific name: *Neotoma mexicana*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 361
- Wikidata: [Q1764203](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1764203)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44758](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44758)

## Names

- en: Mexican Woodrat
- de: Mexikanische Buschratte
- es: Rata cambalachera mexicana

## Countries with the most observations

MX (242)

## Summary

The Mexican woodrat (Neotoma mexicana) is a medium-sized pack rat.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_woodrat

## Photo

![Mexican Woodrat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-woodrat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197754755

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-woodrat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).