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Definition of Genus Neotoma
1. Noun. Packrats.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cricetidae, Family Cricetidae
Member holonyms: Bushytail Woodrat, Neotoma Cinerea, Pack Rat, Packrat, Trade Rat, Dusky-footed Woodrat, Neotoma Fuscipes, Eastern Woodrat, Neotoma Floridana
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Neotoma
Literary usage of Genus Neotoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller, United States National Museum (1912)
"Genus NEOTOMA Say and Ord.1 1825. Neotoma SAY and ORD, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philad phia, vol. 4, pt. 2, p. 345. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"WOOD-RAT, a large rat-like wild mouse of the genus Neotoma, of which two species
dwell in the forests of the southern half of the United States. ..."
3. Medical and Physical Researches: Or, Original Memoirs in Medicine, Surgery by Richard Harlan (1835)
"Finally, observing that the molar teeth of tire animal were furnished with "
roots," they have constructed the new genus " Neotoma. ..."
4. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"Diagnoses of Some Undescribed Wood Rats (genus Neotoma) in the National Museum, p.
2, June 27, 1894. (Reprinted in Proc. US Nat. Mus., XVII, No. ..."
5. Mammals of the Mexican Boundary of the United States: A Descriptive by Edgar Alexander Mearns (1907)
"... alternating with reentrant angles or interspaces. ( Merriam.) Genus NEOTOMA
Say and Ord (1823). Neotoma SAY and OBD, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. ..."
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