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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.
Generic synonyms: Wood Rat, Wood-rat
Group relationships: Genus Neotoma, Neotoma
Specialized synonyms: Dusky-footed Woodrat, Neotoma Fuscipes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neotoma Cinerea
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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