Properties (56)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
species
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gptkbp:activities |
crepuscular
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gptkbp:aroma |
uses scent to mark territory
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gptkbp:averageLifespan |
2 to 4 years
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gptkbp:behavior |
nocturnal
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gptkbp:breedingSeason |
spring to summer
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gptkbp:canEstablish |
4 to 5 weeks
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gptkbp:class |
Mammalia
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gptkbp:climate |
desert adapted
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gptkbp:colors |
brown to gray
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gptkbp:commonName |
desert woodrat
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gptkbp:communicationEquipment |
vocalizations and scent marking
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gptkbp:conservationEfforts |
Least Concern
habitat protection |
gptkbp:culturalHeritage |
fully grown by 3 months
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance |
studied_in_Native_American_cultures
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gptkbp:diet |
herbivore
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gptkbp:environmentalImpact |
seed disperser
sensitive to climate change effects |
gptkbp:faced |
large and dark
large and rounded |
gptkbp:family |
Cricetidae
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gptkbp:foragingBehavior |
forages for food at night
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gptkbp:fossilRecord |
known from Pleistocene fossils
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gptkbp:geneticDiversity |
used in genetic diversity research
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gptkbp:genus |
Neotoma
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gptkbp:geographicalFeature |
gptkb:North_America
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gptkbp:habitat |
deserts
rocky outcrops and shrubs |
gptkbp:hasCitations |
studied for social behavior
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gptkbp:hasLength |
20 to 30 cm
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gptkbp:headlights |
15 to 25 cm
long and bushy |
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Neotoma lepida
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gptkbp:humanInteraction |
habitat loss
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gptkbp:kingdom |
Animalia
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gptkbp:litterSize |
2 to 6 young
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gptkbp:nesting |
builds nests in shrubs
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gptkbp:order |
Rodentia
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gptkbp:phylum |
Chordata
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gptkbp:populationTrend |
stable in many areas
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gptkbp:predators |
birds of prey
snakes |
gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:Neotoma_albigula
gptkb:Neotoma_floridana Neotoma fuscipes Neotoma cinerea Neotoma macrotis |
gptkbp:reproduction |
viviparous
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gptkbp:researchInterest |
model organism for ecological studies
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gptkbp:socialStructure |
solitary or in pairs
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gptkbp:symbioticRelationships |
with various plants
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gptkbp:territory |
may defend territory
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gptkbp:weight |
150 to 300 grams
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gptkbp:wildlife |
keystone species in desert ecosystems
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gptkbp:youth_development |
altricial
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