dusky-footed wood rat

　

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1. a wood rat with dusky feet
2. pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" (同)pick
3. a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; "he is six feet tall" (同)ft
4. any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates (同)invertebrate foot
5. a support resembling a pedal extremity; "one foot of the chair was on the carpet"
6. travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"
7. the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; "his bare feet projected from his trousers"; "armored from head to foot" (同)human foot, pes
8. a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger
9. the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain"
10. add a column of numbers (同)foot up
11. walk; "lets hoof it to the disco" (同)leg it, hoof, hoof it
12. give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
13. a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a womans coiffure
14. any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
15. catch rats, especially with dogs
16. desert ones party or group of friends, for example, for ones personal advantage
17. employ scabs or strike breakers in
18. the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
19. a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard"
20. United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942) (同)Grant Wood
21. English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887) (同)Mrs. Henry Wood, Ellen Price Wood
22. United States film actress (1938-1981) (同)Natalie Wood
23. English conductor (1869-1944) (同)Sir Henry Wood, Sir Henry Joseph Wood
24. make amorous advances towards; "John is courting Mary" (同)court, romance, solicit
25. seek someones favor; "China is wooing Russia" (同)court

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1. 〈C〉(人間・動物の)『足』(くるぶしから先の部分);(生物体の)足状の部分 / 〈C〉《通例the~》(高い物・長い物の)『足部』,下部,低部《+『of』+『名』》 / 〈C〉《通例the foot》(階級・地位などの)最下位《+『of』+『名』》 / 〈U〉〈C〉『歩み』,足取り / 〈C〉『フィート』(長さの単位で12インチ,30.48センチ) / 〈C〉詩脚(詩における韻律の単位) / 〈C〉《通例単数形で》(靴下の)足の部分 / 〈勘定など〉‘を'支払う
2. 『ネズミ』 / ひきょう者,裏切り者 / ネズミをつかまえる / 《話》(人を)裏切る,密告する《+『on』+『名』〈人〉》
3. 〈U〉(樹木の)木質部,木質 / 〈U〉(建築・燃料用の)『木材』,材木,たきぎ / 〈C〉《しばしば複数形で;単数扱い》『森』,林 / 〈C〉(木管楽器などの)木製品 / 〈C〉ウッド(頭部が木製のゴルフの長打用クラブ) / 木製の / 木材用の / 森に住む,森で生割する
4. 《英では古》〈女性〉‘に'求愛する,求婚する; / 〈人〉‘に'頼み込む,せがむ / 〈名誉・富など〉‘を'求める / 求愛する,求婚する

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Dusky-footed woodrat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Neotoma
Species:	N. fuscipes
Binomial name
Neotoma fuscipes Baird, 1858

Adult female N. fuscipes, UC Davis Quail Ridge Reserve

N. fuscipes house, UC Davis Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve, CA

The dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) is a species of nocturnal rodent in the family Cricetidae. They are commonly called "packrats" or "trade rats" and build large, domed dens that can reach several feet in height. Coyotes and other predators will attempt to prey on these rodents by laying waste to the dens, but the sheer volume of material is usually dissuasive. Occasionally, dusky-footed woodrats will build satellite dens in trees. Although these animals are religiously solitary, except in the mating season (when they are most vulnerable to predation), dens are frequently found in clusters of up to several dozen, forming rough "communities". The mating system in this species appears to be variable, with promiscuity most generally at high population densities and monogamy at lower densities.

They are similar in appearance to the common rat species Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus, but with larger ears and eyes, softer coats, and furred tails. The California mouse, Peromyscus californicus, which has similar distribution, is sometimes found living in woodrat dens. Dens contain a nest and up to several "pantry" chambers which are used to store leaves and nuts for future consumption.

Dusky-footed woodrats of California have been found to selectively place California bay leaves (Umbellularia) around the edges of their nest within their stickhouses to control levels of ectoparasites such as fleas. The leaves contain volatile organic compounds which are toxic to flea larvae. Among the terpenes most toxic to flea larvae in the bay leaves are umbellelone, cineole, and cymene. Wood rats are believed to have evolved this behavioral adaptation to cope with the environmental stresses posed by ectoparasites.

The species is found in Mexico and the United States.

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English Journal

• The dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) is susceptible to infection by Anaplasma phagocytophilum originating from woodrats, horses, and dogs.

• Nieto NC, Madigan JE, Foley JE.SourceDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. ncnieto@ucdavis.edu
• Journal of wildlife diseases.J Wildl Dis.2010 Jul;46(3):810-7.
• The dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) is the putative reservoir for Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the western United States based on high prevalence of A. phagocytophilum genetic material detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), high antibody prevalence, and infestation with the vector tick
• PMID 20688687

• Community ecology and disease risk: lizards, squirrels, and the Lyme disease spirochete in California, USA.

• Salkeld DJ, Lane RS.SourceDepartment of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. dsalkeld@stanford.edu
• Ecology.Ecology.2010 Jan;91(1):293-8.
• Vector-borne zoonotic diseases are often maintained in complex transmission cycles involving multiple vertebrate hosts and their arthropod vectors. In the state of California, U.S.A., the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, which causes Lyme disease, is transmitted between vertebrate hosts by the weste
• PMID 20380218

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• Dusky-Footed Woodrat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Dusky-footed Woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) is a species of nocturnal rodent in the family Cricetidae. They are commonly called "packrats" or "trade rats" and build large, domed dens that can reach several feet in height. ...

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