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Y: 'Tahoma',
Quoting "Hebda, Andrew J" <HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca>:
> No records from collections or other trappng records that I have
> come across. Will check with Don McAlpine (NB Museum) and Fred
> Scott (Acadia UNiversity Museum), but I wasn't aware of any other
> records in this part of the country.
* the nearest species of Neotoma, N. magister, is in serious decline -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_woodrat - the original message
reminded me of my first detection of a range extension - when we found
them under our porch in western Connecticut, beyond the range shown in
the Peterson field guide. The Connecticut populations were
subsequently detected by grownup biologists, but with the decline
they're extinct in the state now.
> Can you send me a description? I have only come across them out west.
* a population on PEI would be an introduction, so it might be another
species than Neotoma magister, but if it is N. magister it could be of
significance in the conservation of the species.
fred.
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> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
> on behalf of Sandy Hiltz [birddog@ns.sympatico.ca]
> Sent: March-20-13 6:34 PM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] rats
>
> Andrew
>
> While living in Prince Edward Island I caught an Eastern Woodland
> Rat. While I never have seen on in Nova Scotia I have always been of
> the opinion that they did exist here.
> Is that assumption correct or otherwise?
>
> Sandy
>
> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
> [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Hebda, Andrew J
> Sent: March-20-13 2:17 PM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: RE: [NatureNS] rats
>
>
> Other than pets... 2 species... Most are the Brown or Norway Rat.
> But from time to time, in some selected (urban) spots we get Black
> or Roof rats.. They can easily be told apart by the length to the
> tail and the ears..;l The Black rats have a tail that is longer
> than its body, and naked, somewhat rounded ears.
>
>
>
> What have you encountered?|
> Andrew
>
> ________________________________
> From:
> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca>
> [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of Heather Drope
> [heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca]
> Sent: March-20-13 2:02 PM
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] rats
> Would anyone on this group email know of how many species of rats we
> have in Nova Scotia? thanks heather
> Heather Drope
> Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society
> www.nswildflora.ca<http://www.nswildflora.ca>
> 902-440-5032
>
> We do not see nature with our eyes,
> but with our understandings and our hearts.
> W. Hazlett
>
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