How to sign: any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur gray above and white below with well-furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
Similiar / Same: wood-rat
Categories: gnawer, gnawing animal, rodent
Within this category: eastern woodrat, packrat, vole