what are the differences among rat, mouse and rodent?

Answer 1

Rat is used to describe medium-sized rodents with long thin tails. There are many species of rodent that are called rats -- kangaroo rats, cotton rats, Norway rats, black rats, African pouched rats, naked mole rats, wood rats, pack rats, Polynesian rats, and many others. These different rodent species may not be closely related to each other at all!

Mouse is used to describe tiny, sparrow-sized rodents with long thin tails. As with rats, there are many species of rodents called mice which may or may not be closely related to each other: house mice, field mice, deer mice, smoky mice, spiny mice, and dormice are all called mice.

They are both rodents

Answer 2

A rodent, is a common term used to describe a genus or family of animals which include both species commonly referred to as rat and mouse.

Rats and mice are of different species meaning they can not reproduce with each other. Beyond that the difference are vast physiologically and characteristically, but both have the common characteristic of being prolific pests.

The common differences of interest would depend on the interest in the animal, whether the interest was as a pet or as a pest and the type of rat or mouse. They may include size, coloration, eating habits, gathering and nesting habits, etc.

Answer 3

Rats and mice are both rodents.

One big difference is that a rat does not have a gall bladder, but a mouse does. Go figure!

Answer 4

They are both rodent,s,And the only difference between a rat and a mouse is there size,A rat is bigger than a mouse.

Answer 5

Rats and Mice (plural of mouse) are both rodents. Rodents are a zoological (science of animal studies) label for animals that are mammals ie, haveing a back bone and suckling their young, who have the characteristic tooth style of the class labeled rodent.
Rodents have continued growing teeth that they grind away chewing, other kinds of rodents besides mice and rats are squirls, rabbits, hampsters, nutrina, gophers. Though I am no expert in animal science and suggest you ask that little girls mother , ie Bindy Steves Daughters Show, but I think in the land down under aka Austrailia, I think they have rodents that are in the class of marsupials ( pouch rearing animals) at least they fill the niche the environment holds for creatures to have this tooth formation though I am unsure which, I only know that rodents have the class of ever growing teeth in the front they must constantly gnaw down, that mice are varied in species from lab mice to field mice, dorse mice etc, and rats generally are like a large version of mice, like musk ox are a large version of antelope. I hope this answered your question, I suggest you further research it with the people at Bindies Show from down under.

Answer 6

A rat and a mouse are both rodents and so are squirrels. A rat is bigger than a mouse.