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title: "White-throated Woodrat"
description: "Neotoma albigula — Mamíferos. The white-throated woodrat (Neotoma albigula) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/white-throated-woodrat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# White-throated Woodrat

> Neotoma albigula — Mamíferos. The white-throated woodrat (Neotoma albigula) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

- Scientific name: *Neotoma albigula*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 868
- Wikidata: [Q1769409](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769409)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44748](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44748)

## Names

- en: White-throated Woodrat
- de: Weißkehl-Buschratte
- es: Rata-cambalachera garganta blanca
- fr: Néotoma à gorge blanche
- nl: Amerikaanse woestijnrat
- pl: Nowik białogardły

## Countries with the most observations

US (402), MX (54)

## Summary

The white-throated woodrat (Neotoma albigula) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found from central Mexico north to Utah and Colorado in the United States. It is primarily a western species in the United States, extending from central Texas west to southeastern California. Populations east of the Rio Grande in New Mexico and Trans-Pecos Texas, previously considered to be variants of the white-throated woodrat, have since 1988 been assigned to the white-toothed woodrat (N. leucodon).
The animal lives mostly in the Upper and Lower Sonoran life zones, occurring from pinyon-juniper woodland in higher…

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

## Photo

![White-throated Woodrat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-throated-woodrat/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155424231

## Machine access

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