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Bunkers woodrat

(Neotoma bunkeri)

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Description

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.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Genus:Neotoma
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