pack rat
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Pack-rat middens are found in arid regions of North and Central America and take shape when the acquisitive rodent, like its human namesake, collects and carries home virtually all the trash it can find.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Pack-rat is the Waddy of the mountains, or Waddy was the Pack-rat of the school.
From Wild Animals at Home by Seton, Ernest Thompson
"Pack" is a Western word meaning "carry," and thus the Rat that carries off things is the "Pack-rat."
From Wild Animals at Home by Seton, Ernest Thompson
The instinct grew until to-day the nest of a Pack-rat is a mass of rubbish from one to four feet high, and four to eight feet across.
From Wild Animals at Home by Seton, Ernest Thompson
Although I have known the Pack-rat for years in the mountains, I never saw one within the strict lines of the Yellowstone sanctuary.
From Wild Animals at Home by Seton, Ernest Thompson
