Meaning | Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects. |
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Synonyms | pack rat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea |
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Member of | Neotoma, genus Neotoma | packrats |
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Narrower | dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes | host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California |
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Broader | wood rat, wood-rat | Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears |
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