species of rats in the world. The best-known rat species are the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). This group, generally...
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Look up Rat, rat, or rats in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A rat is a rodent of the genus Rattus. Colloquially, rat may refer to a muskrat (Ondatra...
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The 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...
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A rat king is a collection of rats or mice whose tails are intertwined and bound together in some way. This could be a result of an entangling material...
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Laboratory rats or lab rats are strains of the rat subspecies Rattus norvegicus domestica (Domestic Norwegian rat) which are bred and kept for scientific research...
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The 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...
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Rat snakes are members – along with kingsnakes, milk snakes, vine snakes and indigo snakes – of the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. They...
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The Rat or Mouse (鼠) is the first of the repeating 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac, constituting part of the Chinese calendar...
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The Rat Pack was an informal group of singers that, in its second iteration, ultimately made films and appeared together in Las Vegas casino venues. They...
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The fancy rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) is the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat, and the most common species of rat kept as a...
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Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (Rattus exulans) is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat. Contrary...
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Rat at Rat R was a No Wave band formed in 1981 by guitarist Victor Poison-tete. The music of Rat at Rat R can best be described as guitar-oriented noise...
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Rât may refer to one of the following rivers in Romania: Rât, tributary of the Canalul Morilor in Arad County Rât (Ier), tributary of the Ier in Bihor...
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The Rat Terrier is an American dog breed with a background as a farm dog and hunting companion. They share much ancestry with the small hunting dogs known...
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Rat bikes are motorcycles that have fallen apart over time and have been kept on the road and maintained for little or no cost by employing kludge fixes...
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Rat Pack Rat is a 2014 drama short film, written and directed by Todd Rohal. The film had its premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014...
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pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), also commonly known as the African giant pouched rat, is a species of nocturnal pouched rat of the giant pouched rat genus...
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pack rat or packrat, also called a woodrat or trade rat, are any species in the North and Central American rodent genus Neotoma. Pack rats have a rat-like...
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Nutria (redirect from Neutral rat)
genus name Myocastor derives from the two Ancient Greek words μῦς (mûs) 'rat, mouse', and κάστωρ (kástōr) 'beaver'. Literally, therefore, the name Myocastor...
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Water rat(s) may refer to: Water rat is a common name for a number of not closely related types of semiaquatic rodents of superfamily Muroidea, including:...
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variation in length with one of the largest species, the banner-tailed kangaroo rat being six inches in body length and a tail length of eight inches. Sexual...
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The Rat Defense, English Rat is an irregular Queen's Pawn Game chess opening characterised by the initial moves: 1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 The position can also...
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Brasil Hawadax Island, Alaska, USA, formerly known as "Rat Island" Rat Island, New York, USA Rat Island (Houtman Abrolhos), an island in Western Australia...
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The Rat may refer to: The Rat (play), a 1924 play written by Ivor Novello and Constance Collier The Rat (1925 film), a film by Ivor Novello based on his...
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Look up desert rat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Desert Rat or desert rat or its plural may refer to: Gerbils (Gerbillinae) of the deserts of Africa...
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King Rat may mean: King Rat (1962 novel), a novel by James Clavell set in World War II King Rat (film), released in 1965, based on the James Clavell novel...
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The tanezumi rat (Rattus tanezumi), also known as the Asian rat or Asian house rat, yellow-breasted or buff-breasted rat (Rattus flavipectus), is a species...
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attention to companies employing nonunion labor. The first known inflatable rat was used by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 in Plainfield...
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The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably...
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Swamp rat(s) may refer to: Animals Swamp rat is a common name for a number of not closely related types of semiaquatic rodents of superfamily Muroidea...
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