Mammal

Eastern woodrat

Neotoma floridana
Mammal
Eastern woodrat
Habitat
Osage River, MO
Conservation
Apparently secure
First Observed
1804-05-30

The eastern forests of Missouri had few animals new to Lewis, only the eastern woodrat collected near the Osage River.

In the NPS atlas of species the expedition described

Eastern woodrat

Animal · recorded by Lewis and Clark

The eastern forests of Missouri had few animals new to Lewis, only the eastern woodrat collected near the Osage River.

Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

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