Nevada mammals

Bushy-tailed Woodrat in Nevada

Neotoma cinerea

Native to Nevada S4 Apparently Secure in Nevada

Not listed as nonindigenous in Nevada by USGS NAS; native to its Nevada range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Bushy-tailed Woodrat in Nevada, by the numbers

Occasional in Nevada 60th most recorded of 142 mammals logged in Nevada

313 occurrence records
17 with iNaturalist photos
Sep 10, 2025 Last seen in Nevada

Records from 2000–2026.

313 total records count every Nevada occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 300; the monthly chart covers the 306 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Bushy-tailed Woodrat in Nevada

Most sightings fall in June to July.

306 Nevada occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year, 2000–2026. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Nevada records (table)
MonthRecords
January4
February5
March3
April7
May15
June90
July107
August44
September14
October4
November9
December4

Monthly bushy-tailed woodrat occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Nevada, 2000–2026.

Seasonality

Year-round in Nevada, with recorded sightings peaking in June–July.

Occurrence map

Where Bushy-tailed Woodrat has been recorded in Nevada

300 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

300 Nevada records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Great Basin National Park 26
Highland Ridge Wilderness Area 4
Toiyabe National Forest 3
Kingston Canyon Wildlife Management Area (Birch Creek Unit) 3
Pine Forest Range Wilderness Area 2
Jarbidge Wilderness 2
Humboldt National Forest 2
Mt. Charleston Wilderness 1

Protected places with the most bushy-tailed woodrat sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Nevada

CountyRecords
White Pine County 77
Clark County 60
Elko County 54
Washoe County 36
Lander County 32
Humboldt County 14
Mineral County 13
Eureka County 6
Nye County 6
Storey County 4
Churchill County 3
Douglas County 2
5 other counties 6

The complete county distribution, spread across 17 Nevada counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

Nevada records for the bushy tailed woodrat are anchored by Diamond Mountains and Roberts Mountains. They show where people have reported it, not how many animals live there.

The named sites give this Nevada record set more than one geographic anchor. That spread is more informative than treating the statewide total as one uniform pattern. The strongest reporting falls in summer, when Nevada’s high country is easiest to reach but low deserts are hottest. That may shape where observers submit records.

Nevada’s records include 17 research-grade iNaturalist sightings and 308 GBIF occurrences, combining to 313 documented encounters that measure reporting, not Nevada’s population size. It’s native to Nevada. Nevada doesn’t specifically list it under the state’s conservation framework, and the IUCN lists it as Least Concern.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

More mammals in Nevada in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources:

  • GBIFCC-BY 4.0occurrence records behind the range map, elevation, and record counts
  • iNaturalistCC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SAobservations, photos, and audio recordings
  • NatureServe ExplorerCC-BYthe state conservation rank
  • IUCN Red Listattributed factthe global conservation status
  • USGS NASpublic domainnative / introduced status
  • Natural Earthpublic domainthe relief basemap
  • USFSpublic domainnational-forest boundaries
  • USGS Protected Areas Databasepublic domainthe named parks, forests, and refuges behind "notable places to look"