Rats

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Name (Hebrew)
חולדות
Name (Latin)
Rats
Name (Arabic)
الجرذان
Other forms of name
Rat
See Also From tracing topical name
Muridae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q26018
Library of congress: sh 85111538
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Wikipedia description:

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus Rattus. Other rat genera include Neotoma (pack rats), Bandicota (bandicoot rats) and Dipodomys (kangaroo rats). Rats are typically distinguished from mice by 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. There are 56 known species of rats in the world.

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