Fancy rat
Fossil range: Early Pleistocene - Recent |
A pet rat eating a slice of watermelon | | Conservation status | | Domesticated | | Scientific classification | | | | Species | | R. rattus
R. norvegicus Early Pleistocene (also known as Lower Pleistocene, or Calabrian) is a stage of the Pleistocene Epoch. ...
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Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
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Suborders Sciuromorpha Castorimorpha Myomorpha Anomaluromorpha Hystricomorpha Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents. ...
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Families see text Muroidea is a large superfamily of rodents. ...
Subfamilies Deomyinae Gerbillinae Lophiomyinae Leimacomyinae Murinae Muridae is the largest family of mammals. ...
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Johann Fischer von Waldheim Johann Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (Grigorij Ivanovitsch Fischer von Waldheim in Russian) (October 13, 1771 – October 18, 1853) was a German anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist. ...
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Binomial name Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Black Rat range The Black Rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the Asian black rat, Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus (Old World rodents) and the subfamily Murinae (murine rodents). ...
Binomial name (Berkenhout, 1769) Brown Rat range The brown rat, common rat, Norway rat, Norwegian rat or wharf rat (Rattus norvegicus) is one of the best-known and common rats, and also one of the largest. ...
| The fancy rat or pet rat is a domesticated breed of the Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) or, more rarely, of the Black Rat (R. rattus). The name "fancy rat" has nothing to do with the "fanciness" of their appearance but derives from the meaning of "to fancy". Thus, one who keeps pet rats is said to be involved in "rat fancy." A breed is a domesticated subspecies or infrasubspecies of an animal. ...
Binomial name (Berkenhout, 1769) Brown Rat range The brown rat, common rat, Norway rat, Norwegian rat or wharf rat (Rattus norvegicus) is one of the best-known and common rats, and also one of the largest. ...
Binomial name Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Black Rat range The Black Rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the Asian black rat, Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus (Old World rodents) and the subfamily Murinae (murine rodents). ...
Animal fancy is not what it sounds like. ...
Pet rats live about 2 to 3 1/2 years though the oldest rat on record - a lab rat called Rodney - reached a purported age of 7 years and 4 months, according to the 1995 Guinness Book of Records. Bucks (male rats) reach an average weight of between 400 g and 800 g, while does (female rats) can average between 250 g and 450 g. Female rats tend to be more active than male rats. Guinness World Records 2007 edition. ...
Origins
 A black eyed white pet rat. The origin of the modern fancy rat is probably the rat-catchers of the late 19th century who trapped rats and were paid by town governments per rat, and who also kept certain rats for exhibition/gambling fights. They began breeding rats and became attached to some as they discovered how intelligent and trainable rats can be. One of the most famous of these rat catchers was Jack Black, ratcatcher to Queen Victoria, who became known for breeding and selling pet rats around 1840-1860. Rats became more and more domesticated and people enjoyed them since they are easily bred, social and intelligent[1] pets. The first rat show was held in 1901 in England. Beatrix Potter, author of the "Peter Rabbit" series of children's books, had a white pet rat of which she was very fond, and in remembrance of which she dedicated the story "The Roly-Poly Pudding". Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 340 KB) Summary An albino pet rat eating a piece of bread. ...
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The rat-catcher is a profession centered around catching rats as a form of pest control. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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A show is a judged event or display in the hobby of animal fancy or in the occupation of animal husbandry. ...
Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
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(Helen) Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 22 December 1943) was an English author and illustrator, botanist, and conservationist, best known for her childrens books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. ...
Peter Rabbit and wife being asked for cabbages by Benjamin and Flopsy Bunny in The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies Peter Rabbit is the main character in a series of childrens books by Beatrix Potter. ...
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or, The Roly-Poly Pudding is a book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. ...
Rat fancy as a formal organised hobby did not begin until Mary Douglas asked for permission from the National Mouse Club to bring her pet rats to an exhibition at the Aylesbury Town Show on October 24, 1901. Her black and white hooded Rattus norvegicus won "Best in Show," and the Rat Fancy was formally launched. Aylesbury is the county town of Buckinghamshire in south east England. ...
October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Binomial name (Berkenhout, 1769) Brown Rat range The brown rat, common rat, Norway rat, Norwegian rat or wharf rat (Rattus norvegicus) is one of the best-known and common rats, and also one of the largest. ...
The original Rat Fancy lasted until 1931, as part of the National Mouse and Rat Club. The modern Rat Fancy was revived in 1976 with the formation of the National Fancy Rat Society, and the fancy spread around the world. Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Ratkeeping grew in popularity in the 1970s, leading to the formation of the British National Fancy Rat Society in 1976. Nowadays, fancy rats are accepted as perfectly normal pets and exhibition animals. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
The National Fancy Rat Society, founded in 1976 is a club for rat fanciers that promotes fancy rats exhibitions, as well as the study and breeding of these rats. ...
Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Varieties As in other pet species, a variety of colours, coat types, and other features that do not appear in the wild have been either developed or arisen spontaneously in pet rats. Image File history File linksMetadata Americanblue. ...
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Coat, or the nature and quality of a show mammals pelage, is an important conformation point in the hobby of animal fancy. ...
Selective breeding in domesticated animals is the process of developing a cultivated breed over time. ...
Dogs and sheep were among the first animals to be domesticated. ...
Colouring While some pet rats retain the "agouti" (three tones on the same hair) colouring of the wild brown rat, other colours may include blue, chocolate, silver, black, white, and pearl, fawn/champagne/beige, and mink/cinnamon. Colour definitions tend to vary for more vague varieties like fawn and champagne, or mink and cinnamon. They can fluctuate between and even within different countries or clubs.[2] Agouti refers to a number of species of rodents, as well as a number of genes affecting coat coloration in several different animals. ...
Markings
 Black and White Hooded rat. In addition to the many colours, there are also many different markings. The markings are typically in reference to the patterns and ratios of coloured hair versus white hair. The two extremes would be a Self and a Himalayan (as defined by the NFRS). The former being completely coloured while the latter only has a gradual blend of colouring towards its nose. Markings usually have a strict standard e.g; in the case of hooded rats, the stripe, or "saddle" should be a single, unbroken line running down the spine and possibly partly down the tail. However, most rats are not bred strictly to the standard, and will have "mismarkings." Most marked rats found in pet shops will be mismarked. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The National Fancy Rat Society, founded in 1976 is a club for rat fanciers that promotes fancy rats exhibitions, as well as the study and breeding of these rats. ...
Internationally recognized standards include:
- Berkshire - coloured top, white belly
- Hooded - colour running from full head down spine
- Capped - colour on full head only
- Variegated - a blaze, or short white strip on the forehead, with a fully coloured head and splotches or flecks of colour running down the back only
- Essex - similar to Berkshire, only that the colour fades to white rather than ending abruptly
- Bareback - colour fully on head, neck, and chest only (not officially standardized in the UK)
- Irish or English Irish - In England this marking is only standardized as an equilateral triangle of white with a side beginning at the chest, or between the front legs, and the point ending mid length. The AFRMA, another international rat fancier club, distinguishes this marking as the English Irish and allows for another standard Irish in which the rat may have white of an even or symmetrical nature anywhere along its belly.
 Siamese rats are a unique colour and marking variation, the result of concentrated efforts by breeders. Other marking varieties include Dalmatian-like spotting, blazes, masks (only around the eyes), Siamese (typically a gradient of colour on the nose), and "downunders" (an Australian variety which have markings on the belly that correspond to those on top). Additionally, eye-colour is considered a subset of colouring, many coat-colour definitions including standards for the eyes. They may be black, ruby, pink, or odd-eyed (one of each).[2]
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Originated in 1983, the American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association, or AFRMA, is a California-based club of rodent enthusiasts that organizes shows, establishes breed standards, and promotes both rats and mice as appealing pets. ...
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The Dalmatian is a breed of dog, noted for its white coat with either black or liver spots. ...
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Coat types There is a relatively small variety of coats, and not all are internationally standardized as such. The most common type is the Normal or "Standard," which is allowed variance in coarseness between sexes; the males have a coarse, thick, rough coat, while the females' coats are softer and finer. One of the more exotic coats includes the Rex coat; all the hairs are curly, even the whiskers. Satin or silky coats are extra soft, fine, and have a sheen. The remaining coat types are not defined by the hair itself, but rather by the lack of it. Image File history File linksMetadata Rat_naked. ...
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Hairless rats Hairless, or Sphynx, rats are a coat variety characterized by their completely bare skin except perhaps near the top of their heads (not standard) and their whiskers. Patchwork rats are a subset of the hairless, constantly losing hair and regrowing it in different "patches" several times throughout their lifetimes.[2][4]
There are currently three known genes that can cause recessive hairlessness. They are denoted as rnu (Rowett nude), fz (fuzzy), and shn (shorn). When an organism is identified as having a visible recessive trait, the gene pair (from the father and mother) is listed like such: rnu/rnu. All three gene types have characteristic health problems.[5] In genetics, the term recessive gene refers to an allele that causes a phenotype (visible or detectable characteristic) that is only seen in a homozygous genotype (an organism that has two copies of the same allele). ...
Rowett nudes, first identified in 1953 in Scotland, have no thymus. The lack of this organ severely compromises their immune system, infections of the respiratory tract and eye increasing the most dramatically. Their average life span is about nine months.[5] Thymus, see Thyme. ...
Fuzzy rats were identified in 1976 in a Pennsylvanian lab. They are prone to malocclusion, or tooth misalignment - and about half of all males and 75% of all females require their teeth to be regularly trimmed to maintain normal function. However, the leading cause of death among fz/fz rats is ultimately a progressive kidney failure that begins around the age of one. Even in germ-free conditions, all males and 80% of females will die from kidney failure. Their average lifespan is 17 months for males and 20 months for females.[5] A malocclusion refers to the misalignment of teeth and/or incorrect relation between the teeth of the two dental arches. ...
Shorn rats, identified in 1998 in Connecticut also suffer from severe kidney problems. All rats with this genotype die of severe kidney abnormalities by 14 months of age. Their average lifespan is only around 10 months.[5] This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
All three types (rnu/rnu, fz/fz, and shn/shn) have curly whiskers and may potentially be identified as Patchwork rats. Despite their health problems and difficulties with weaning, they are all still fertile and have normal sized litters.[5]
Physical changes
 A male dumbo rat, a variety with wider and larger ears placed lower on the head. Two of the most prominent (and thus standardized) physical changes applied to rats through selective breeding are the development of the Manx and Dumbo. Manx rats borrow their name from the tailless cats on the Isle of Man. Manx rats also come in the same stumpy, rumpy, and rumpy-riser varieties as the Manx cats. Of interesting note, on the Isle of Man the word rat was once part of a set of sea-taboos, and is commonly replaced with "longtail" by the superstitious. The Dumbo, whose origins are in the United States, is characterized by having large, low, round ears on the sides of its head.[2]
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The Manx is a breed of cats with a naturally occurring mutation of the spine. ...
The Manx is a breed of cat with a naturally occurring mutation of the spine. ...
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Ethics of selective breeding There is controversy amongst rat fanciers as to whether breeding hairless or tail-less rats is ethical.[citation needed] The tail is vital for rats' balance and for adjusting body temperature. Tailless rats have greater risk of heat exhaustion and falling from heights. Similarly, hairless rats are missing their warmth-preserving coat and are more likely to be adversely affected by the cold. Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when temperature surrounding is very different. ...
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The issue of culling also causes a lot more controversy in the fancy rat community than in many other animal fancying communities. In the rat breeding community this has led to the move away from the breeding of "marked varieties" and concentration on "self" coloured varieties[6].
Health concerns regarding pet rats
 A fancy rat with a large mammary cyst. Fancy rats being defined as a purely domesticated subset of either R. rattus or, more typically, R. norvegicus, are more prone to specific health concerns and diseases than their wild counterparts. Conversely they are also far less likely to succumb to certain illnesses that are prevalent in the wild. The major considerations for susceptibility include exposure, living conditions, and diet. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Rats that live their entire lives indoors are able to avoid disease-causing bacteria such as Salmonella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the latter being absent in treated water. They may also more easily avoid vectors like cockroaches, beetles, and fleas who are essential for the spread of Bubonic plague and intestinal cestodes like the Rat tapeworm. Additionally, pet or laboratory rats enjoy the natural benefits of having a consistent and well-balanced diet. However, this could be countered with the fact that outside of the laboratory rats may not always be receiving proper nutrition. Lab blocks are excellent source of nutrition for rats. Finally, rats that are in the care of humans are privy to the advantage of surgery for the benign mammary tumors, common to both sexes.[7] Salmonellosis is an infection with Salmonella bacteria. ...
Binomial name Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Schroeter 1872) Migula 1900 Synonyms Bacterium aeruginosum Schroeter 1872 Bacterium aeruginosum Cohn 1872 Micrococcus pyocyaneus Zopf 1884 Bacillus aeruginosus (Schroeter 1872) Trevisan 1885 Bacillus pyocyaneus (Zopf 1884) Flügge 1886 Pseudomonas pyocyanea (Zopf 1884) Migula 1895 Bacterium pyocyaneum (Zopf 1884) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 Pseudomonas polycolor...
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Suborders Adephaga Archostemata Myxophaga Polyphaga See subgroups of the order Coleoptera Beetles are the most diverse group of insects. ...
Families Tungidae – sticktight and chigoe fleas (chiggers) Pulicidae – common fleas Coptopsyllidae Vermipsyllidae – carnivore fleas Rhopalopsyllidae – marsupial fleas Hypsophthalmidae Stephanocircidae Pygiopsyllidae Hystrichopsyllidae – rat and mouse fleas Leptopsyllidae – mouse and rat fleas Ischnopsyllidae – bat fleas Ceratophyllidae:-fleas mainly associated with rodents Amphipsyllidae Malacopsyllidae Dolichopsyllidae – rodent fleas Ctenopsyllidae Flea is the common name...
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Orders Subclass Cestodaria Amphilinidea Gyrocotylidea Subclass Eucestoda Aporidea Caryophyllidea Cyclophyllidea Diphyllidea Lecanicephalidea Litobothridea Nippotaeniidea Proteocephalidea Pseudophyllidea Spathebothriidea Tetraphyllidea Trypanorhyncha In biology, Cestoda is the class of parasitic flatworms, called cestodes or tapeworms, that live in the digestive tract of vertebrates as adults and often in the bodies of various animals...
Hymenolepiasis is infestation by one of two species of tapeworm: Hymenolepis nana Hymenolepis diminuta Alternative names are: Dwarf tapeworm infection Rat tapeworm Causes, incidence, and risk factors Hymenolepis live in warm climates and are common in the southern USA. The eggs of these worms are ingested by insects, and mature...
A mammary tumor is a tumor originating in the mammary gland. ...
 This is a Zucker Rat, a pet rat that has developed diabetes as a result of a genetic disorder that causes obesity. While living indoors decreases the risk of contracting certain diseases, living in close quarters with other rats, being unable to always seek proper protection from environmental factors (e.g. temperature, humidity, drafts), being fed an unhealthy diet, and the stresses naturally associated with living in an unnatural habitat can all have adverse effects on a rat's health making them prone to specific conditions. Specifically, Tyzzer's disease, Protozoic infections (e.g. Giardia muris), and Pseudotuberculosis are usually seen in stressed or young rats. While Streptococcus pneumoniae is a zoonotic disease caught from humans. Another bacteria associated with humans, Pneumocystis carinii, is actually found in almost all domesticated animals. However it is asymptomatic unless the rat's immune system is compromised by illness, then it can develop into pneumonia. Several diseases, like Rat Coronavirus Infection (RCI), Sendai virus, and Murine Respiratory Mycoplasmosis (MRM, Mycoplasma pulmonis), are more prevalent simply because their highly contagious natures work in tandem with the way rats are kept in laboratories, pet stores, and by breeders. It should be noted, however, that MRM is far less likely to occur in laboratory rats than those kept as pets. Pet rats can also develop pituitary tumors if they are given high-calorie diets or come down with ringtail if placed in areas with low humidty, high temperatures, or drafts. Staphylococcus spp are a mostly benign group of bacteria that commonly reside on the top of the skin. Cuts and scratches can open up the pathways for them to cause ulcerative dermatitis. Cuts and scratches are a normal part of every rat's life, they are social animals who periodically spar for positions within their loose hierarchy. However when being caged, stressors can increase aggressiveness between rats, causing more frequent and intense fighting.[7] Image File history File linksMetadata Rat_diabetic. ...
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Binomial name (Klein 1884) Chester 1901 Streptococcus pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, is a Gram-positive, alpha-hemolytic diplococcus bacterium and a member of the genus Streptococcus. ...
Zoonosis is any infectious disease that can be transmitted from animals, both wild and domestic, to humans. ...
Binomial name Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumocystis jiroveci, also known by its former name Pneumocystis carinii, is a fungus (earlier classified as a protozoa) that causes pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). ...
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Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the alveoli (microscopic air-filled sacs of the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere) become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ...
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Species M. genitalium M. hominis M. pneumoniae etc. ...
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Pituitary adenomas are tumors that occur in the pituitary gland, and account for about 10% of intracranial neoplasms. ...
Species S. aureus S. caprae S. epidermidis S. haemolyticus S. hominis S. lugdunensis S. saprophyticus S. warneri S. xylosus Staphylococcus (in Greek staphyle means bunch of grapes and coccos means granule) is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria. ...
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Domestic rats in film, television, theatre and literature Since Muybridge's first films, rats have been widely used in entertainment media. Due to their intelligent nature and trainability, rats have appeared in over 413[citation needed] major film releases throughout the world, and in at least seventy-one television series. For example, Scabbers is a rat-animal in the Harry Potter book/film series. In The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Christopher Boone, the autistic protagonist, keeps a pet rat named Toby. In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, the character of Amy is turned into a rat and is kept as a pet by Willow for several seasons before she is changed back into a human. Eadweard Muybridge Muybridges The Horse in Motion. ...
Peter Pettigrew, often referred to by his nickname Wormtail, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a novel written by Mark Haddon that won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year and the 2004 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. ...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated American cult television series that initially aired from March 10, 1997 until May 20, 2003. ...
Amy Madison is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, played by Elizabeth Anne Allen. ...
Willow Rosenberg (born either in 1980 or very early 1981 in Sunnydale, California) is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...
In 2007, Disney/Pixar released one of the few movies to actually feature a rat as the main character - "Ratatouille" stars a rat named Remy who wants to be a Parisian chef. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
Pixars studio lot in Emeryville Pixar Animation Studios is an American computer animation studio based in Emeryville, California (USA) notable for its seven Academy Awards. ...
Ratatouille (IPA pronunciation: ; French: [2]) is a 2007 animated feature film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. ...
In the book series Babysitter's Little Sister, Karen Brewer, the main character, receives a pet rat after her pet fish dies. She names him Nicodemus, after the character from Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. Karen Brewer is the 7-year old protagonist of Ann M. Martins Baby-sitters Little Sister series (which is a spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club book series). ...
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The computer game Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh features a main character who has a beloved pet rat named Blob. Blob is actually instrumental in a beginning puzzle, where she retrieves the character's wallet (although it's revealed she's the reason it went missing to begin with). Phantasmagoria is a CD-ROM horror-themed computer game series created by Sierra On-line for the DOS and Windows platforms. ...
In the Sega Game Comix Zone, the main character, Sketch Turner, has a pet rat, RoadKill, whom he rescued from the street, becoming his sidekick. Screenshot from the start of Comix Zone. ...
On House the titular character, Gregory House, adopts a rat he finds in his ex-girlfriend's house, after treating it for mycoplasmosis. He christens the rat Steve McQueen, after the actor of whom House is a fan. House, also known as House, M.D., is a critically-acclaimed American medical drama television series created by David Shore and executive produced by Shore and film director Bryan Singer. ...
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Steve McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an Academy Award-nominated American movie actor, nicknamed The King of Cool.[1] He was one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s due to a popular anti-hero persona. ...
In the British comedy series Fawlty Towers, the waiter Manuel keeps a pet rat named Basil, named after the hotel owner Basil Fawlty. Manuel, who insisted the rat was a hamster has to keep it a secret from Basil or he will be fired. Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom made by the BBC and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. ...
Basil Fawlty, played by John Cleese Basil Fawlty is the major character in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers, played by John Cleese. ...
Genera Mesocricetus Phodopus Cricetus Cricetulus Allocricetulus Cansumys Tscherskia Hamsters are rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. ...
In the children's novel Stargirl , by Jersry Spinelli, the main character, Stargirl Caraway, has a pet rat named Cinnamon, who stays in her bag during school hours. Stargirl is a novel by Jerry Spinelli, first published in 2000. ...
In the movie The Abyss Alan 'Hippy' Carnes has a pet rat named Beany who is used to demonstrate that mammals can breathe an oxygenated fluorocarbon emulsion. In one scene Hippy puts Beany in a plastic bag to ensure that she doesn't drown while the ship fills with water. The Abyss is a 1989 science fiction film which was written and directed by James Cameron, starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. ...
Rats in films are often depicted as squeaking, usually for dramatic effect. However rats do not usually squeak, normal vocalizations being too high-pitched for human ears; they only may do so if distressed or annoyed. Species 50 species; see text *Several subfamilies of Muroids include animals called rats. ...
Rats are often in roles that emphasize the popular perception of them as malevolent vermin. The 1971 film Willard is a notable example; it features a horde of rats trained to exact revenge on behalf of a social misfit, but also shows some realistic social interactions among the rats. An alpha rat named Big Ben becomes jealous of the attention a smart rat named Socrates is getting, and tries to murder his rival. Look up vermin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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In The Secret of NIMH, genetically enhanced lab rats are portrayed as nearly human. The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 animated film adaptation of the Newbery Medal-winning book Mrs. ...
As far as radio is concerned, perhaps the most famous horror story of all time features rats: Three Skeleton Key. First broadcast on Escape, and later re-performed for Suspense, it features three lighthouse keepers who are trapped in their lighthouse by an army of starving rats coming off a derelict boat. Vincent Price played the narrator, Jean, in most of the adaptions.
Celebrities who have had fancy rats as pets include Angelina Jolie, Nicole Richie, Jamie Lee Curtis, Rupert Grint, Kim Basinger, Clint Eastwood, John Cleese, Frankie Muniz, Justin Berfield, Edward Furlong, animal show host Nigel Marven, and Pink.[8] Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. ...
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Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) an American film actress and a writer of books for children. ...
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Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. ...
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Berfield as Reese on Malcolm in the Middle Justin Tyler Berfield (born February 25, 1986) is an American actor and, recently, a producer. ...
Edward Furlong (born Edward Walter Torres on August 2, 1977 in Glendale, California) is an American actor best known for playing young John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and playing Danny Vinyard in American History X. The son of Eleanor Torres, Furlong was born in Glendale, California, near Burbank. ...
Nigel Marven (born 1960) is a British wildlife presenter, television producer, author, and hobby ornithologist. ...
Alecia Moore (IPA pronunciation: [1]) (born Alecia Beth Moore on September 8, 1979), known professionally as Pink (often stylized as P!nk), is an American singer-songwriter who gained prominence in 2000. ...
References Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
See also Species 50 species; see text *Several subfamilies of Muroids include animals called rats. ...
Binomial name Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Black Rat range The Black Rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the Asian black rat, Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus (Old World rodents) and the subfamily Murinae (murine rodents). ...
Binomial name (Berkenhout, 1769) Brown Rat range The brown rat, common rat, Norway rat, Norwegian rat or wharf rat (Rattus norvegicus) is one of the best-known and common rats, and also one of the largest. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Mice in fiction. ...
Rat Baiting Pit Rat baiting is a bloodsport involving dogs killing rats in a pit. ...
The Rat Genome Database (also known as RGD) is a collection of genetic and genomic information on the rat. ...
The National Fancy Rat Society, founded in 1976 is a club for rat fanciers that promotes fancy rats exhibitions, as well as the study and breeding of these rats. ...
Originated in 1983, the American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association, or AFRMA, is a California-based club of rodent enthusiasts that organizes shows, establishes breed standards, and promotes both rats and mice as appealing pets. ...
Rat agility is a sport for pet rats. ...
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