Hoffmeister 1940 Neotoma fuscipes July 7 2 mi. S Guerneville, 200 ft., Sonoma County, Calif. Caught a yg ♂ in rat trap set near a badly woodrat weathered house that was only 2 ft. high, had no fresh settings or sign, and had all appearance of being abandoned. However, I could see no other nest anywhere around. Located on a 45° ± slope among redwood and Lindellaria with no underbrush in the immediate neignty. The tail (of the rat) was bare in one spot, altho it was not caught in the trap. It may have gotten caught in one of the mouse traps or perhaps some other animal had eaten part of the skin off. I saw another woodrat house, this one built about 4 ft. high against the stump of a dead redwood. This was at 2 mi. SW Guerneville. The specimen caught at 2 mi S_ was heavily infested with fleas and mites but none of these were saved.