White-throated Woodrat foot thumps
| Title | White-throated Woodrat foot thumps |
| Common Name | White-throated Woodrat |
| Scientific Name | Neotoma albigula |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Craniata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Rodentia |
| Family | Cricetidae |
| Genus | Neotoma |
| Subject | Mammals; Places; Nature sounds |
| Spatial Coverage | Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah); Utah |
| Creator | Rice, Jeff |
| Media Rights Management | Audio file copyright 2009, Jeff Rice. Use of this audio file is allowed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ |
| Publisher | Western Soundscape Archive; University of Utah |
| Date | 2009-07-14 |
| Type | Sound |
| Format | video/mp4 |
| Digitization Specifications | Compressed from .wav format into .mp3 delivery format |
| Contributing Institution | J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Ecological and animal data provided by NatureServe. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer |
| Description | Foot thumps of a White-throated Woodrat |
| Photo Rights Management | Photo by Ken Cole, courtesy of the USGS; Source: http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/cprs/research/projects/global_change/middens.asp |
| Note | Recorded at the lab of Dr. Denise Dearing at the University of Utah; the woodrat was temporarily held in a plastic yogurt container while it was examined by a lab technician; scientists speculate that the rhythmic foot thumps are a form of distress call, but may also serve other functions; Local Time: 1230 |
| Species Range (Southwestern States) | http://www.westernsoundscape.org/maps/speciesExtent.php?species=180370 |
| Full Nature Serve Report | http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchSpeciesUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.799195 |
| ARK | ark:/87278/s6j67w8j |
| Setname | uu_wss |
| ID | 1118255 |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j67w8j |