MOUSE OR RAT

Somebody asked me about mouse and rat..

I know they are different..but we normally say the same term when teaching the student..mouse..rat..same for tikus in Malay Language..

but to prove that they are quite similar..but different actually..

Mouse (a singular) or mice  (plural) are the same animals.

Mouse and rat scientifically are both rodents (mammals).

But they are slightly different as they are from different species.

Genetically mouse has 20 chromosomal pairs

In short: MOUSE compared to rat

1.    has smaller heads

2.    larger ears and eyes relative to it’s head

The animals normally are identified by their size of feces (najis)

	Mouse	Rat
Size	Sparrow sized (burung pipit)	Sexually dimorphic, avg. 1 pound
Head attributes	Small, triangular, small relative to body	Short, stubby, broad, large relative to body
Ears	Ears are large relative to the head.	Ears are small relative to the head
Eyes	Slightly bigger compared to head	Small compared to head
Life span	Avg. 1.5-2.5 Years	Avg. 2-3 Years
Tail	A mouse is small and has a skinny tail.	A rat is bigger and has a thicker tail.
Digging burrows	Mice do not dig deep and even if they do so, they may dig only to about a foot.	Rats dig deep and long burrows.
Identification Method	Small feces	Larger feces
Romans call it	Mus Minimus	Mus Maximus
Spaniards call it	Raton	Rata
Genetic Differences	Mice have 20 chromosome pairs & 2.6 million base pairs	Rats have 21 chromosome pairs & 2.75 million base pairs
Best known species	Common House Mouse (Mus Musculus)	Black Rat (Rattus Rattus); Brown Rat (Rattus Norvegicus)

rat

mice (plural) 

Mouse kat rumah..biasanya merayap kat para dinding kalau rumah kampung

Rat tikus tanah

Mondok.. besar kat bandar

Cencurut ..kenit..

Berpengalaman rumah lama ditinggalkan diserang cencurut..najisnya kelihatan tirus panjang..slim..tetapi ada ekor benang gitu..n I haven’t come across this thing before..  I don’t know what it is..ingatke benang or something..bukan najis tikus rumah yang biasa dilihat .

Memacam spesis kejadian Ilahi

Mouse kat rumah

Rat tikus tanah

Mondok.. besar kat bandar

Cencurut ..kenit..

…basically most of us teachers..teach the students mouse or rat..without even thinking of giving them the clear picture..Wallahualam

 # Remembering the smell of the mammals..when I was actually operating the mammal during my Science Matriculation year in USM

very strong smell of blood and..uuugghh