Can you tell rats from mice?

[Flatcoatluver]

mine was 6/12 :eek: Yeah, I failed
click here (http://www.ratbehavior.org/QuizRatOrMouse.htm)

[cmayer31]

Score:
You identified 11 out of 12 correctly

That's what I get for working around mice/rats for years. I should have got the one that I missed too; I had a "duh" moment when I looked back at the picture.

[Aquamarine]

OOoh I got 11/12! :) I guess I'm pretty good at it. Thanks for the link! That was fun :p .

[DrKym]

11/12 yay and the one i missed looked so cute thought it had to be a mouse rofl

[dogzr#1]

I got 12/12. I guessed a few times though.

[Husky_mom]

got 11/12!!!! and i´ve never had mice or rats!!! i must have a keen memory and sight LOL.......they were cute too!!

[Miss Z]

12/12 for me, yay!:D

[jackie]

WOW!

You identified 12 out of 12 correctly.

And some of them I had to guess! :)

[IRescue452]

11/12 I missed the one that was just a head shot, come on that shouldn't count!

[Toby's my baby]

12/12 and I've never even owned a rat or mouse! :D And I've only met a rat once. :p I guess its from all this Pet Talk!!

[binka_nugget]

12/12 :d

[flamepony12]

12/12 Xd

[chrissycat21]

Score:
You identified 12 out of 12 correctly.


:)

[Roxyluvsme13]

8/12

[jenluckenbach]

11 out of 12 correct! Not bad. ;)

[BCollie_Kelly]

I got 11 out of 12, pretty good having never owned either of them :)

This is the one I got wrong... I though it may hav been a baby rat, but its a mouse;

http://www.ratbehavior.org/images/Picture08Small2.jpg

[Karen]

11 out of 12, but only because I hit the wrong button for one - I knew it was a rat, but hit mouse by mistake.

[K9soul]

12/12. I felt pretty sure on all of them :)

[chocolatepuppy]

12 out of 12! ;) I had mice before, years ago, but never rats.

[Vela]

12/12 as well. The only one to give me pause was the second white picture.

[Zippy]

That was fun.
12/12 :)

[Chilli]

12/12 correct.
It also helps, though, that I own both rats and mice. :D

[Alysser]

You identified 8 out of 12 correctly :(

[Suki Wingy]

Score:

You identified 12 out of 12 correctly.

I love rats and mice. :D

[k9krazee]

12/12!

[cali]

10 outa 12 cuz I did not follow my gut on the 2 I missed and as it turned out my gut was right lol

[Jods]

12 out of 12 but I've been around mice and rats alot!

[*LabLoverKEB*]

I got 9/12. ;)

[cocker_luva]

I got 12/12. I guessed a few times though.

same here, that was a sinch. ;)

[Danegirl2208]

"Score:

You identified 11 out of 12 correctly."

im actually not suprised! I just recently rescued two baby rats, i didnt know if they were baby rats or adlut mice, so i spent lots of time looking up pictures of both :rolleyes:

[molucass]

Score:

You identified 12 out of 12 correctly.

:)

[Tralee]

So what is the difference? I have never had either!

[Chilli]

So what is the difference? I have never had either!

I find alot of difference in them (I own both).
The first giveaway is size. :D
One thing, is the feet. Mice have small feet compaired to their body, while rats feet are quite a bit more in porportion to their body.
Another is their tail. Rat tails are much thicker than mice tails, at almost any age.
Though when I determine if its a mouse or rat, I look in the face. Rats seem to have longer, more broad faces, while mice seem to have more shorter, triangular faces. Even when rats are younger.
Eh.. I'm probably confusing you, aren't I?
So.. I'll use pictures as examples!
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h10/EmotionsOnSleeves/Pockeh03.png
Here is one of my mice, for example. Notice the super skinny tail (compaired to her body) and the short face? Those are easy ways to identify a mouse.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h10/EmotionsOnSleeves/Pockeh01.png
Here is an early picture of Pocky (one of my rats). She was only around 4-5 weeks old in the picture (excuse her bald head. one of her littermates was into barbering :rolleyes: ). Eventhough the picture doesn't show her body well, most people can still tell she's a rat by the shape of her face (longer, more broad) and the fact that she has a thick tail.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h10/EmotionsOnSleeves/Pockeh02.png
Now, isn't it easy to tell what this rodent is? :D

[molucass]

:( The first two pictures don't work.

[Chilli]

:( The first two pictures don't work.
Seriously? I wonder why..... they appear fine for me.

[luvofallhorses]

I got 10 out of 12! :D

[ILoveReptiles]

12/12 on the first shot. yep, I can tell a rat from a mouse... easy. ;)

[animal_rescue]

12/12 for me!