Eastern woodrats build conspicuous stick-and-debris den mounds in brush and along wooded margins, and Texas’s 524 records trace the coastal refuges at Aransas, Padre Island, and Laguna Atascosa, where dense brushy cover along the bay margins gives the species the shelter and building material its dens depend on.
The monthly counts run highest in January and March, cooler months when a nocturnal woodrat’s den-building activity and daytime cover are easier for researchers and refuge visitors to spot, and taper through the hotter middle of the year rather than tracking any true population shift.
NatureServe lists the eastern woodrat S5, Secure, in Texas, and with 524 records placing it in the common tier of the state’s tracked mammals, the coastal Texas population reads as a well-documented and stable one.
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