White-throated Woodrat (Turner Island Woodrat) foot thumps
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Common Name: Turner Island Woodrat
Scientific Name: Neotoma albigula
Date: 2009-07-14
Time: 12:30PM
Creator: Rice, Jeff
Description: Foot thumps of a White-throated Woodrat (also known as Turner Island Woodrat).
Notes: 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
Location: Salt Lake City (Utah); Salt Lake County (Utah); Utah
Duration: 00:00:16
Audio Rights: 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.
Image Rights: Photographer: SearchNet Media, http://www.flickr.com/photos/39742989@N04 Provider: Flickr: EOL Images, http://www.flickr.com/groups/encyclopedia_of_life
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