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dusky-footed wood rat

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Noun1.dusky-footed wood rat - a wood rat with dusky feet
wood rat, wood-rat - any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
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This implication contrasts with the role of some rodent reservoirs such as the dusky-footed wood rat (Neotoma fuscipes) in the United States, which can remain PCR-positive for more than 1 year and act as an overwinter reservoir of infection (33,34).
Seasonal dynamics of Anaplasma phagocytophila in a rodent-tick ... by Ogden, Nicholas H. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Dusky-footed wood rats (Neotoma fuscipes) along the west coast of Mexico and the United States leave nibbled bits of bay leaves around their sleeping chambers, explains Richard B.
Bay leaves may make rat nests nicer. (Biology) by Science News
 
 
 
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