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Definition of Pouched rat
1. Noun. Burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America.
Generic synonyms: Pocket Rat
Group relationships: Family Geomyidae, Geomyidae
Specialized synonyms: Geomys Bursarius, Plains Pocket Gopher, Geomys Pinetis, Southeastern Pocket Gopher, Thomomys Bottae, Valley Pocket Gopher, Northern Pocket Gopher, Thomomys Talpoides
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pouched Rat
Literary usage of Pouched rat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"The pouched rat; also a ground squirrel. 1812 The Gopher lives underground, in
the prairies, and is of Louisiana,'p. 58. (NED) 1835 Like a real Gopher [Mr. ..."
2. Strange Dwellings: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1872)
"CANADA pouched rat. (Plan of Burrow.) The Canada pouched rat is nearly a foot in.
length, and is notable for the great development of its incisor teeth, ..."
3. American Natural History by John Davidson Godman (1836)
"8. f Vulgarly called Salamander ; Pouched-Rat; Sand-Rat, for.] The pouched-rat,
though long since noted by various observers, is still but little known, ..."
4. A Winter from Home by Charles A. Clinton (1852)
"The whole country is filled with Salamander hills, from two to three feet high,
so called from the pouched rat, here denominated the Salamander, ..."
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