Well, a Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) may not have a tail as bushy as a squirrel, but the hair is much denser and softer. I often demonstrate to museum visitors that the woodrat has the softest pelt of any specimen in the collectiion.
A quick Google image search turned up the White-throated woodrat (N. albigula) which looks more like Steve’s character.
Well, a Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) may not have a tail as bushy as a squirrel, but the hair is much denser and softer. I often demonstrate to museum visitors that the woodrat has the softest pelt of any specimen in the collectiion.
A quick Google image search turned up the White-throated woodrat (N. albigula) which looks more like Steve’s character.
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