Neotoma floridana (Ord, 1818)

Eastern Woodrat

Neotoma floridana was known to occur in all but the Panhandle and the westernmost counties of Oklahoma (Caire et al. 1989). More recent records include 10 additional counties and extend the western distribution to the border with Texas. These records include: Kiowa, Jefferson, and Love counties (Stangl et al. 1992), Washita County (Clark and Tumlison 1992), Craig, Garvin, and Seminole counties (Braun and Revelez 2005), Alfalfa County (McDonald et al. 2006), and Ellis and Roger Mills counties (Roehrs et al. 2008). New specimen county records are reported for Atoka, Harper, and Tillman counties.

Specimen records (6). —Atoka County (1): 3.2 km N Caney, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 5595). Harper County (1): Southern Plains Research Station, 1 (UCOCV-MAM 3466). Tillman County (4): 6.4 km S, 2.8 km E Grandfield, 21 (OMNH 66084–66085); 3.2 km E Loveland, 2 (OMNH 66088–66089).