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| cavy |
any of a number of tailless or short-tailed rodents originally of South America, including the guinea pig, capybara, and agouti. |
| deer |
any of a family of large, swift, hoofed mammals, such as the white-tailed deer or the reindeer, the males of which usu. have antlers that grow and are shed yearly. [1/2 definitions] |
| gopher |
a short-tailed burrowing rodent of North and Central America that has external cheek pouches; pocket gopher. [1/2 definitions] |
| grivet |
a small, long-tailed monkey of North Africa that has olive-gray fur and a dark face and paws, and that lives on the ground. |
| hamster |
any of several short-tailed, round-bodied Eurasian rodents that have large cheek pouches, often kept as pets or laboratory animals. |
| kangaroo rat |
any of various long-tailed and long-legged jumping rodents of desert regions in Mexico and the western United States, or a similar one of Australia. |
| lake trout |
a large gray fork-tailed trout found in the Great Lakes and other lakes of the northern United States and Canada. |
| langur |
any of several slender, long-tailed Asian monkeys that have a chin tuft and bushy eyebrows. |
| lemming |
any of various mouselike, short-tailed, arctic rodents, esp. the European species which is noted for mass migrations that periodically result in large numbers drowning at sea. |
| pack rat |
a large, bushy-tailed, North American rodent known to gather and hide small objects in its nest. [1/2 definitions] |
| rabbit |
any of a variety of long-eared, short-tailed, furry burrowing mammals, including the hare and the cottontail. [1/2 definitions] |
| racerunner |
any of several fast-moving long-tailed American lizards. |
| rat |
any of several long-tailed rodents that resemble but are larger than mice. [1/4 definitions] |
| swift |
any of various long-winged, streamlined, short-tailed birds capable of very rapid flight. [1/7 definitions] |
| thrasher |
any of several long-tailed songbirds of the Western Hemisphere that are related to mockingbirds and resemble thrushes. [1/2 definitions] |
| vespertilionid |
any of several long-tailed insectivorous bats. |
| Virginia deer |
the white-tailed deer. |
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