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Not who you're looking for? Others named rat: 1st sign of Chinese zodiac · Newspaper · 2000 film by Steve Barron · village in Bosnia and Herzegovina
“[city laws were] designed to penalize homeowners for failing to take steps to prevent and control rodents”
“Rats and mice are not generally regarded as pets, but as pests; they have few defenders. Yet the pain a rat or a mouse feels is every bit as real as that of any pet. In laboratories, they suffer, as anybody who has heard them moan, cry, whimper and even scream knows. The experimenters dissimulate about this by insisting that they are merely vocalising.”
“If a rat is a good model for your emotional life, you're in big trouble.”
“How now? a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead!”
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Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, with the genus Rattus containing the most familiar rats. Other rat genera include Neotoma, Bandicota and Dipodomys. Among the most well-known rats are the black rat and brown rat, both of which are native to Asia. Rats belong to the same subfamily as mice and are often distinguished based on their size. Usually the common name of a large muroid rodent will include the word "rat", while a smaller muroid's name will include "mouse". The common terms rat and mouse are not taxonomically specific. Like mice, they are known to invade properties for food, water, warmth, and shelter. There are 56 known species of rats in the world.
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