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title: "Eastern Woodrat"
description: "Neotoma floridana — Ssaki. The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/eastern-woodrat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Woodrat

> Neotoma floridana — Ssaki. The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Neotoma floridana*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1006
- Wikidata: [Q1766870](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1766870)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44744](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44744)

## Names

- en: Eastern Woodrat
- de: Östliche Buschratte
- es: Rata de Florida
- fr: Néotoma des Appalaches

## Countries with the most observations

US (516)

## Summary

The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States. It constructs large dens that may serve as nests for many generations and stores food in outlying caches for the winter. While widespread and not uncommon, it has declined or disappeared in several areas.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: mike_cove · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164847257

## Machine access

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