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Bookmark or Share- Rat | Rodent Species, Habitats & Characteristics | BritannicaRat, the term generally and indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches. (Smaller thin-tailed rodents are just as often indiscriminately referred to as mice.)
- The Difference Between Rats and Mice and Why It Matters - The SpruceRat Facts . Signs of a rat's presence are droppings, gnawing marks, tracks, runways, and burrows. Like mice, rats are nocturnal and have very poor eyesight but have very strong senses of smell, taste, and hearing. Compared to mice, rats are much larger, have coarser fur, and have proportionately larger heads and feet.
- Brown rat - WikipediaThe brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat and Norwegian rat, is a widespread species of common rat. One of the largest muroids, it is a brown or grey rodent with a body length of up to 28 cm (11 in) long, and a tail slightly shorter than that. It weighs between 140 ...
- Rat - WikipediaThe best-known rat species are the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). This group, generally known as the Old World rats or true rats, originated in Asia . Rats are bigger than most Old World mice , which are their relatives, but seldom weigh over 500 grams ( 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz) in the wild.
- Black rat - WikipediaThe black rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus Rattus, in the subfamily Murinae. [1] It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent , but is now found worldwide.
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