Mouse or rat? Pic included

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

I’m withdrawing the rabbit as a candidate and am joining the squirrel alliance.

It's a mouse.
Which type of Hamster are you using for scale. Syrian are much bigger than Russian.
I have extensive mouse experience due to one of my cats being a skilled mouser.

Ok. It's a 10cm big hairless tailed squirrel. That's brown, not the grey that's common in the UK.

Those rats are we cute and lovely.

I can’t believe I’m typing this.

itsnotalwaysme they're some cute rats! I had rats when I was younger, beautiful animals

I would say field mouse - they're bigger than a house mouse, with more bulgy eyes .

Looks like a yellow necked mouse to me

Not a rat with a hairy tail.

Not a squirrel - the feet are all wrong, and the face doesn't look right either.

It does look like a shrew, but at 10cm that is quite large for a shrew.

I have a pet degu.
His front paws are pink on the inside and they have yellow teeth at the front.

That is 100% not a rat. It looks like a shrew to me.

Def looks like yellow necked mouse - feet & tail look like it.

Looking at it on a bigger screen I can agree that it's definitely not a rat!

@Itsnotalwaysme your dumbo is gorgeous! He reminds me of my heart rat who was a blue dumbo

To be sure we'd need a side photo showing the length of the tail and good definition.

(Or a sample for DNA testing )

Curious! I agree it's not a rat. Big mouse?

Mouse and rat tails are scaly, not furry.

It's face looks like a squirrel. A baby one maybe before the tail gets bushy?

Stop with the dumbo pics! I can't bear it

We agreed to get a puppy and not have rats any more. First pic of said puppy and Dh said "Oh! So we are getting another rat then?"

This is a bank vole. Which is a possibility if not a yellow necked mouse.

Looks like a degu to me, probably an escaped (or unwanted and dumped) pet

Did they meet their demise in a trap?

Let us not forget there were two of them.

Ears don't look rat like to be honest and I've seen tons at the yard. Hope that helps.

www.bluecross.org.uk/pet-advice/caring-your-degu

Well, you learn something new on Mumsnet every day! Never heard of a degu until now... super cute wee things (though I'm not generally into pet rodents!)

Rat-owner here, joining in the chorus of "not a rat"!