Definition of Neotoma cinerea

1. Noun. Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.

Exact synonyms: Bushytail Woodrat, Pack Rat, Packrat, Trade Rat
Generic synonyms: Wood Rat, Wood-rat
Group relationships: Genus Neotoma, Neotoma
Specialized synonyms: Dusky-footed Woodrat, Neotoma Fuscipes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neotoma Cinerea

Neoplatonism
Neoplatonist
Neoplatonists
Neopolitan
Neoproterozoic
Neopythagorean
Neopythagoreanism
Neopythagoreans
Neorickettsia helmintheca
Neosho
Neosho River
Neospora canium
Neosporin
Neotestudina rosati
Neotoma
Neotoma cinerea
Neotoma floridana
Neotoma fuscipes
Neotropic
Neozoic
Nepal
Nepal trumpet flower
Nepalese
Nepalese monetary unit
Nepalese rupee
Nepali
Nepaulese
Nepenthaceae
Nepeta cataria
Nepeta hederaceae

Literary usage of Neotoma cinerea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mammals of Colorado: An Account of the Several Species Found Within the by Edward Royal Warren (1910)
"Bailey's Wood-rat, female with two young . 114 38. Nest of Gale's Wood-rat, Neotoma fallax . . 115 39. Mountain Rat, neotoma cinerea ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1874)
"1815, 292 (based on ash-colored rat with hairy tail of the Rocky Mts., Lewis and Clarke, passim). neotoma cinerea, Bd., MNA 1857, 499, pi. liii. f. 4. ..."

3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1919)
"neotoma cinerea occidentals Baird "Neotoma occidentalis," Cooper, Pac. RR Expl. and Surv., 12, book 2, p. 32 (occurs in forests west of Cascade Mountains). ..."

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