bushtail(ed) rat

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a species of wood rat, Neotoma cinerea.

Quotations

1905

At the new halfway refuge I warned Jack to watch out for bushtail rats, but he did not pay much attention.

1958

The bush-tailed rats have since raised havoc, and empty flour sacks litter the dirt floor.