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1. Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
   - packrat, pack rat, trade rat, Neotoma cinerea

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)
   - wood rat

1. Large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States
   - Neotoma floridana

1. Host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
   - Neotoma fuscipes

Derived forms: wood rats, wood-rats

Type of: gnawer, rodent

Part of: Cricetidae, family Cricetidae, genus Neotoma, Neotoma

Encyclopedia: Eastern woodrat