hispid

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Hispid: bristly: sparsely set with short, stiff hair.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Hispid, beset with rigid or bristly hairs, or with bristles.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

Hispid Pocket Mouse.—This subspecies occurs commonly in central-and western-Nebraska.

From Distribution of Some Nebraskan Mammals by Jones, J. Knox