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Mouse or rat? Pic included

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:32

Mouse or rat? Found it in the garden, about the size of a hamster

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Looobyloo · 05/12/2019 07:34

Mice are tiny amd very cuteit looks like a mole maybe? Is it alive?

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ChewChewIsMySpiritAnimal · 05/12/2019 07:35

Definitely not a mole. They're black for starters. I'd say a young rat.

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CheshireDing · 05/12/2019 07:35

Not a mouse, wrong nose, too big.

PP may be correct re vole/shrew etc

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Branster · 05/12/2019 07:35

Field mice are minute, smaller than hamsters.
Rats don’t look as cute as your picture.
No idea what it could be. Is it alive?

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BertrandRussell · 05/12/2019 07:35

How big is it?

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Looobyloo · 05/12/2019 07:35

Just looked and moles are quite big so maybe not.

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BertrandRussell · 05/12/2019 07:36

Sorry- didn’t read properly!

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PhoneLock · 05/12/2019 07:38

How long is it's tail?

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Redtartanshoes · 05/12/2019 07:39

I’d say young rat.

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Herocomplex · 05/12/2019 07:39

The tail is the give away, rats tails are fleshier, mice are more shoe-lace like.
But with nothing for scale I’d say that’s a rat.

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PhoneLock · 05/12/2019 07:39

Spanish hamster?

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GruciusMalfoy · 05/12/2019 07:40

Definitely not a mole. I've seen two up close, thanks to my cat. They're lovely and velvety and have funny little hands.

I'd guess this was a rat, OP, but really not 100% sure. The mice I've seen have been smaller/ more dainty than hamsters.

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:40

It was dead 😞 poor thing.
I'm puzzled. It was about maybe 10cm I would guess

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DoesntLeftoverTurkeySoupDragOn · 05/12/2019 07:41

Standard mice are way smaller than a hamster.

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Herocomplex · 05/12/2019 07:42

phonelock Smile

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:42

Oh god, so it's looking more like a young rat 🤮

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QueenOfCatan · 05/12/2019 07:42

Do you have any other pictures? Those ears don't look rat like to me at all but it would be too big to be a mouse. Looks almost hamster like to me! Does it have a tail?

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MrsPelligrinoPetrichor · 05/12/2019 07:43

Shrew

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Herocomplex · 05/12/2019 07:43

Unless it’s someone’s escaped gerbil/jerboa

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colourbynumbers · 05/12/2019 07:44

It looks like a little squirrel. Did it have a tail?

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:44

Tail

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mouseorrat · 05/12/2019 07:46

It's eyes were dried out , if you get what I mean so they were kinda sunk in

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gonewiththerain · 05/12/2019 07:47

Is it a wood mouse? It’s those big ears. Doesn’t look like a rat

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BlessedBeTheFruitCake · 05/12/2019 07:48

Colour wise and ear size it looks like a bit like a degu.

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BovaryX · 05/12/2019 07:49

It’s a sweet looking little thing with those little paws.... Tragic picture

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