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title: "Pluimstaartrat"
description: "Neotoma cinerea — Zoogdieren. The bushy-tailed woodrat, or packrat (Neotoma cinerea) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Canada and the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bushy-tailed-woodrat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pluimstaartrat

> Neotoma cinerea — Zoogdieren. The bushy-tailed woodrat, or packrat (Neotoma cinerea) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Canada and the United States.

- Scientific name: *Neotoma cinerea*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 2128
- Wikidata: [Q1017409](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1017409)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44761](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44761)

## Names

- en: Bushy-tailed Woodrat
- de: Buschschwanzratte
- es: Rata Cambalachera de Cola Peluda
- fr: Rat à queue touffue
- nl: Pluimstaartrat

## Countries with the most observations

US (1419), CA (171)

## Summary

The bushy-tailed woodrat, or packrat (Neotoma cinerea) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae found in Canada and the United States.
Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, and temperate grassland.
The bushy-tailed woodrat is the original "pack rat", the species in which the trading habit is most pronounced. It has a strong preference for shiny objects and will drop whatever it may be carrying in favor of a coin or a spoon.

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

## Photo

![Pluimstaartrat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bushy-tailed-woodrat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Megan Blackmore · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102794281

## Machine access

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