Distribution and Status
Allegheny woodrats are mainly distributed along the Appalachian Mountains. They have historically been found as far north as Connecticut where they are now extinct, southeastern New York (near extinct), northern New Jersey, and northern Pennsylvania southwestward through western Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, northern and western Virginia to northeastern Alabama and northwestern North Carolina with isolated populations north of the Ohio River in southern Ohio and southern Indiana. The Tennessee River is generally accepted as the southern range limit. There are no recognised subspecies. Fossils belonging to the species are known from mid Pleistocene deposits in Maryland and West Virginia.
Although the Allegheny woodrat is not federally listed, it is in major decline and is state listed:
| State | Status |
|---|---|
| AL | Threatened |
| CT | Extirpated – extinct – special concern |
| GA | Threatened |
| IN | Endangered |
| KY | Apparently Secure |
| MD | Endangered |
| MA | Expirated – extinct |
| NC | Endangered |
| NJ | Endangered |
| NY | Endangered |
| OH | Endangered |
| PA | Threatened |
| TN | Threatened |
| VA | Threatened |
| WV | Threatened |
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