Mouse or rat? Pic included

[mouseorrat]

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

[StreetwiseHercules]

A mole! 😂

Could it be an owl or a badger perhaps?

[Sweetpotatoaddict]

A squirrel has a bushy tail. Looks like a mouse to me.

[thenightsky]

Had a good old 'google image' session and I'm going for degu. The size, ears and tail have me convinced.

[Sweetpotatoaddict]

@StreetwiseHercules

I’m wondering which random animal will be suggested next, is there some sort of strange parallel photo thing going on. Cause all I can see is either a dead mouse or a dead rat, my money is on mouse. Wonder if the op would be so kind to retrieve it from the bin and arrange a post mortem and species identification with full DNA profile.

[BertrandRussell]

I thought rat until I saw the furry tail, then I thought degu. Now I think it’s a red panda.

[Heartburn888]

If it’s got a very long tail it’s a rat

[SpamChaudFroid]

I think it's a shame to kill off the wildlife in the garden too. I don't know anyone who does this.

[bodgeitandscarper]

That's definitely a wood mouse, but please don't trap outside, they are all part of the ecosystem and traps don't discriminate.

[bodgeitandscarper]

Link - www.mammal.org.uk/species-hub/full-species-hub/discover-mammals/species-wood-mouse/

[DragonontheWagon]

Ffs you're all so stupid, it's a penguin.

Anyway Op I'm chiming in as well to say do not use a trap outside. Hedgehogs have enough crap to contend with without one getting caught in your outside killing machine and dying a slow and painful death.

[PenelopeFlintstone]

Now I think it’s a red panda.

[Pacie]

That is a wood mouse

[ArlenesWoodBurningStove]

I'm joining the yellow necked mouse gang, due to the similarity of the back feet.

Our cat brought a shrew in once and it was teeny.

[andyoldlabour]

Looks like a juvenile brown rat - Rattus Norwegicus.

www.naturepl.com/stock-photo-nature-image01597688.html

[FizzyGreenWater]

Definitely a capybara.

No seriously OP, it looks more like a rat than anything else apart from its ears, but hard to tell from the angle so it probably is!

I love rats. Poor wee thing.

[Dahlietta]

The fact that the very first suggestion was a mole shows the absolute futility of asking randoms on the internet to identify the creature .
And yes, you set a trap outside ?

[FairyBatman]

It’s a rat.

[OhioOhioOhio]

Red panda?!!

[MyCatHatesEverybody]

I had to google for my own situation very recently - according to Rentokil mice have a lighter underbelly whereas a young rat will be a uniform colour. So it's not a rat you have there.

www.rentokil.co.uk/mice/rats-vs-mice/

[CuriousaboutSamphire]

Lots of us who breed / keep rats keep coming to similar threads explaining why the picture cannot be of a rat. We keep on being ignored, no matter how much detail we add.

The definite bits:
The tail is furry - rats have hairless, scaled tails
The underbelly is a different colour - rats are the same colour top and bottom

Then the more speculative bits, the picture makes it hard to tell:
The ears don't sit right, even for a Dumbo
The muzzle seems wrong

I have no idea what it really is, mouse of some sort would be my best guess. But it is NOT a rat!

Cue more "It's a rat" posts

[JamieVardysHavingAParty]

Lots of us who breed / keep rats keep coming to similar threads explaining why the picture cannot be of a rat. We keep on being ignored, no matter how much detail we add.

I noticed that too.

It's really not a rat.

Guys, this is a yellow-necked fieldmouse. www.mammal.org.uk/species-hub/full-species-hub/discover-mammals/species-yellow-necked-mouse/

[JamieVardysHavingAParty]

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[porridging]

Narwhal?

[Thelnebriati]

@mouseorrat
Its an animal called a degu, which means its an escaped pet.

www.pets4homes.co.uk/pet-advice/10-things-you-should-know-before-adopting-a-degu.html

[MrsPMT]

Field or Harvest Mouse. Do you live rurally OP? I've had them in the house before, they are very cute, ears bigger than a house mouse and 10cm sounds about right, although have found babies too which were very small. I use humane traps and then put them in the woods.

I'm not sure on their survival after this but if I was a tiny creature in a world of predators I'd rather take my chances in the wild than be instantly killed tbh

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