wood rat

1. 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) (synset 102341553)
   is a type of: gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
   subtypes:

   • dusky-footed wood rat - a wood rat with dusky feet
   • field mouse, vole - 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
   • bushytail woodrat, neotoma cinerea, pack rat, packrat, trade rat - any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
   • eastern woodrat, neotoma floridana - large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States
   belongs to: cricetidae, family cricetidae - mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
   same as: wood-rat

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