Key+Largo+Woodrat

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The Key Largo Woodrat male weighes 258g while the female weighes a lot smaller, by weighing only at 210g. The color of the Key Largo Woodrat is grey-brown shading into cinnamon on the sides, with a cream or white. The head and body length of a Key Largo Woodrat ranges to 120 to 230 mm.

The Key Largo Woodrat is found in Key Largo, Flordia. The Key Largo Woodrat once ranged throughout all of Key Largo, but today it is limited to the northnmost portions. The Key Largo Woodrat is a resident of tropical hardwood hammocks. Hammocks provide a shady, humid microclimate with less wind and temperature. The stick nests are used for resting, feeding, and breeding, and ground cover provides travel and escape routes. The Key Largo Woodrat's diet is a variety of leaves, buds, seeds, and fruits. They are dependent upon the deverity of tropical hardwood fruits. The Key Largo Woodrat is endangered because of 41.2 percent of deciduous seasonal forests had been either cleared or filled to meet human needs. The primary threat to the Key Largo Woodrat is habitat loss and fragmentation caused by increasing urbanization. Hammocks have been removed or thinned in addition to land clearing. Another threat is hurricans and fires. Other kinds threats are associated with humans dumping trash, and competition with black rats their enemies.