Home blog a mouse in the house a rat in the roof.
Roof rat vs house mouse.
Families of mice consist of one dominant male several females and their young.
The roof rat is the smaller of the two and it is often mistaken for a mouse due to their large ears and pointed noses.
As you can see the biggest difference is size.
23 days litter size.
Also known as brown rat sewer rat water rat gray rat house rat and wharf rat color.
1 2 to 1 lb 10 17 oz length including tail.
Roof rat large eyes large ears slender longer hairless tail house mouse small all the way around with a tail as coated with fur as the rest of its body habits of each rodent rats and mice can squeeze through holes just large enough to pass their heads through as small as for mice and inch for rats.
A norway rat has capsule shaped feces while a roof rat has spindle shaped droppings and a house mouse has rod shaped excrement.
Rats live in similar colony structures.
Average 4 7 per year feeding habits.
When domesticated they are clean intelligent and docile.
Droppings are typically found around where these creatures eat.
How to identify a rodent.
The house mouse mus musculus norway rat rattus norvegicus and roof rat rattus rattus species are in the muridae family which is the largest family of rodents and mammals in the world.
The snout of the rat is more blunt than that of the.
6 12 per litter no.
Rats are medium sized to large rodents.
While there are several species of rats and mice i will examine the two most common ones the roof or black rat and the house mouse both seen in the above photograph.
Blunt nose short ears sexual maturity.
A roof rat will be colored brown or black and if you have ever had the opportunity to view one up close or even hold it you would see and feel that the fur is very soft and smooth.
So if rats and mice have found food around your home you might find their droppings in the kitchen as well as the attic or other places they hide.
How to identify a rodent a mouse in the house a rat in the roof.
Rats grow to a body of 8 inches and a tail of 9 inches and a weight of almost a pound.
However just as a weed is a plant in the wrong place a pest is a pet you didn t ask for.
These mice have a light brown body with some gray shading and a dark tail.
2 3 months gestation process.
Their coats are white gray brown or black in color and are often soiled enough to leave grease marks on touched surfaces.
Mice and rats can make excellent pets.
Thick or stocky body.
Small head small feet pointed snout large ears with some hair.
Steady eater but afraid of new.
30 to 45 cm 12 18 body.
Roof rats have pointed noses and large ears and are often mistaken for house mice.
These rodents are grayish brown in color with a light yellow underside.
