Can anyone tell me for sure whether a Rat is just a big Mouse or a Mouse is a smaller Rat..
2006-12-12 09:19:56 · 7 answers · asked by pop c 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No they are different. rat tastes more like dog - mice more like chicken
2006-12-12 09:22:33 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
of all the stupid questions you cold have asked you go and ask this one I'm sure science has proven that a rat is not a big mouse or a mouse is a small rat. also they are not that alike at all
2006-12-12 09:38:06 · answer #2 · answered by paul c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A rat is a "Rattus Norvegicus", whereas mouse is a "Mus Musculus"
i.e. 2 VERY completely different species and genders of rodents!!!
Except that in Spanish, a rat is a "rata" whereas a mouse is a "raton"... Pretty consfusing, eh?!
2006-12-13 01:39:00 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus is my Savior 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mouse and rat are common names, both are polyphyletic groups. Yes different species. Even within the "Rats" and "Mice" there is alot of difference. To group them together would be like saying gorillas and humans are the same. Related, yes, same, no.
Rats-
Genus Neotoma, Rattus, Echymieds, Heterocephalus, etc...
Mice-
genus Mus, Peromyscus, Chaetodious, etc.
2006-12-13 16:17:54 · answer #4 · answered by peremicus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mice and rats are totally different species, they aren't just different sizes of the same thing!
2006-12-13 05:58:46 · answer #5 · answered by fizzy_wolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rats are just mice on steroids. I know cos i've seen them down the gym pumping cheese.
2006-12-12 09:28:41 · answer #6 · answered by Dava 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes , they are different species,which have different types.e.g....brown rat...rattus norvegicus,house mouse...mus musculus.they have different genes and would be unable to mate together.They only have a superficial likeness , like rabbits and hares.
2006-12-13 21:08:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋