Eastern woodrats carry no NatureServe state rank in Mississippi, SNR unranked, and the record splits fairly evenly between iNaturalist (32) and GBIF (43), suggesting both casual sightings and survey work document this stick-nest-building rodent about equally. Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge’s single logged sighting anchors the state’s coastal record for a species that also ranges well inland through the central hill country.
February alone accounts for 12 of the year’s monthly-tallied sightings, nearly a quarter of the total, with a secondary bump in August, a scattered pattern consistent with a species that’s active year-round and doesn’t hibernate, its visibility more likely tied to observer effort than a strong seasonal cycle.
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