Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Cricetidae Scientific name Hodomys alleni | Phylum Chordata Order Rodentia Subfamily Neotominae Rank Species | |
Similar Magdalena rat, Mexican volcano mouse, Scotinomys, Baiomys, Aztec mouse | ||
Allen's woodrat (Hodomys alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is the only species in the genus Hodomys.
Distribution
This woodrat species is endemic to Mexico.
It is native from southern Sinaloa to Oaxaca states. It is found in interior México in the basins of the Río Balsas of central Puebla and Río Tehuacán of northern Oaxaca.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References
Allen's woodrat Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA