bushytail woodrat

Definitions of bushytail woodrat

1. noun

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

   types:

   Neotoma fuscipes, dusky-footed woodrat

   host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California

   type of:

   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; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)