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Definition of Aplodontia rufa
1. Noun. Bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent.
Generic synonyms: Gnawer, Rodent
Group relationships: Aplodontia, Genus Aplodontia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aplodontia Rufa
Literary usage of Aplodontia rufa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of by University of California (1868-1952) (1910)
"CH Superior dental formula '•, 0, 2, 3. P3 a small, well- developed cylindrical
tooth as in Aplodontia rufa. P, with strongly developed ..."
2. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller (1912)
"Aplodontia rufa MERRIAM, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., vol. 3, p. 316. May, 1886.
TYPE LOCALITY.—Neighborhood of the Columbia River, Oregon. ..."
3. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"... (Aplodontia rufa), were characterized by the great enlargement and complication
of one of the grinding teeth in each jaw and the consequent reduction of ..."
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