Wildlife of Florida Fact Sheet: Key Largo Woodrat

Brandon McDonald, Marcus Lashley, Michael Cove, and Carolina Baruzzi

Release Date: 3/9/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-uw528-2025

Natural Resources

Abstract

This publication is part of the Wildlife of Florida fact sheet series, created to provide the public with a quick and accurate introduction to Florida’s wildlife, including both native and invasive species. We hope these fact sheets inspire you to learn more about one of Florida’s rarest mammals, the Key Largo woodrat, as well as to investigate the other wildlife around your community and understand the amazing biodiversity in the state of Florida.

About this Publication

This document is WEC470, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. © 2025 UF/IFAS. This publication is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

About the Authors

Brandon McDonald, biological Scientist I, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center; Marcus Lashley, assistant professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation; Michael Cove, research curator of mammalogy, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Carolina Baruzzi, assistant professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS NFREC; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, Florida 32611.

How to Cite

McDonald, B., Lashley, M., Cove, M., & Baruzzi, C. (2025). Wildlife of Florida Fact Sheet: Key Largo Woodrat. EDIS, 2025(2). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw528-2025

Authors

Brandon McDonald

staff

University of Florida

biological scientist II, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, FL

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Marcus Lashley

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Specialist

University of Florida

associate professor, UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, FL

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Michael Cove

research curator of mammalogy, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; adjunct faculty, NCSU Department of Applied Ecology, Raleigh, NC

Carolina Baruzzi

Specialist

University of Florida

assistant professor, wildlife ecology and management, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center, Quincy, FL

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