Bunker's woodrat

Neotoma bunkeri is a probably extinct bush rat that was endemic to the Islas Coronado in the Gulf of California. Is named the type after the zoologist Charles Dean Bunker (1870-1948), former curator of birds and mammals at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum.

Description

Neotoma bunkeri reached a length of 390 mm, a tail length of 168 mm, a Hinterfußlänge of 43 mm and length of 32 mm ears. The hair of the top were dark gray with black tips. The bottom was deep washy mouse gray and white. The tail was brownish at the top and white at the bottom. The soles of the hind feet were naked at the heels.

Habitat

The poorly constructed from stems of ironwood Nestbauten were between lava rocks and beside cacti.

Status

In December 1931, the taxon from the zoologist William Henry Burt was discovered. Burt collected on ten specimens are found today as preparations in the collection of the California Institute of Technology. 1932, the type was last detected. Between 1991 and 1999, there were intensive search operations on the Islas Coronado, but were unsuccessful. As Aussterbeursache cats are believed to have been brought by fishermen on the island in order to control the bush rats and mice. Secondly, the vegetation that served the bush rats as food and with which they erected their buildings, used as fuel for campfire was.