| Meaning | 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; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks). |
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| Synonym | wood rat |
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| Member of | Cricetidae, family Cricetidae | Mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters |
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| Narrower | dusky-footed wood rat | A wood rat with dusky feet |
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| eastern woodrat, Neotoma floridana | large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States |
| packrat, pack rat, trade rat, bushytail woodrat, Neotoma cinerea | Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America |
| vole, field mouse | Any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows |
| Broader | rodent, gnawer | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |
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