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A fact from Pack rat appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 7 November 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that ancient packrat middens (essentially, packrat nests) can provide important clues about long-term changes in climate or vegetation in an area?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/November.

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"Historically, houses in or near ghost towns such as Crestone, Colorado were typically infested with pack rats. In the days before television, this provided a measure of entertainment to the sensation-starved residents." is it just me, or does that sound slightly random? 86.84.54.179 20:55, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merger Tag

Merge - Articles should be merged, the midden does not require it's own article. Headphonos 13:54, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As the guy who started packrat midden, I don't mind. - Banyan Tree 14:22, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think that this article should also be part of the climate change article.

I agree that Pack Rat and midden should be merged, and I wouldnt mind if human pack rat were combined also. Macroqueen 17:16, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Definite Merge Yes, there's no reason the midden should be separate from the animal itself. It's just a behavior of the animal.

Name

Isn't "woodrat" a more common name for Neotoma? Ucucha 19:26, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Packrat vs. Pack Rat

The intro says that the official name is "Packrat" even though "Pack rat" is commonly used. Shouldn't the article's title take on the official spelling? At least, I think that's what's commonly done on most articles. However, I don't know for sure so I thought I'd check here first.

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 Isn't "woodrat" a more common name for ''Neotoma''? [[User talk:Ucucha|Ucucha]] 19:26, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
+== Packrat vs. Pack Rat ==
+The intro says that the official name is "Packrat" even though "Pack rat" is commonly used. Shouldn't the article's title take on the official spelling? At least, I think that's what's commonly done on most articles. However, I don't know for sure so I thought I'd check here first.