Wood Rat — synonyms, definition

1. wood rat (Noun)

7 synonyms
Neotoma cinerea Neotoma floridana Neotoma fuscipes pack rat packrat trade rat wood-rat
4 definitions

wood rat (Noun) — 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 (Noun) — Large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States.

wood rat (Noun) — Host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California.

wood rat (Noun) — Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.

2 types of
gnawer rodent
3 types
dusky-footed wood rat field mouse vole
4 parts of
Cricetidae Neotoma family Cricetidae genus Neotoma