Neotoma cinerea and Wood-rat

Neotoma cinerea noun - Any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects.

Wood-rat and Neotoma cinerea are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wood-rat" instead a noun phrase "Neotoma cinerea".

Wood-rat 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).

Neotoma cinerea and wood-rat are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Neotoma cinerea" with "Wood-rat", this phrases are similar.