Kingdom Animalia Order Rodentia Genus Neotoma Higher classification Pack rat | Phylum Chordata Family Cricetidae Scientific name Neotoma bunkeri Rank Species | |
Similar Pack rat, Mammal, Rodent, Oryzomys nelsoni, Candango mouse | ||
Bunker's woodrat (Neotoma bunkeri) is an extinct species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. Only five specimens are known; these were collected in 1932 by W.H. Burt and are housed at a museum at UCLA. Neotoma bunkeri was only described from Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. It probably died out as a result of depletion of food resources and predation by feral cats.
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