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Definitions of wood rat
  1. noun
    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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  • western black-legged tick a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
  • dusky-footed wood rat a wood rat with dusky feet
  • ixodes pacificus a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
  • eastern woodrat large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States
  • ixodes spinipalpis usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
  • ixodes dentatus usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
  • neotoma floridana large greyish-brown wood rat of the southeastern United States
  • ixodes neotomae a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats
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