Rat Tail Roof

Roof rats have soft and smooth fur that is typically brown with intermixed spots of black.

Rat tail roof.

The black rat rattus rattus also known as ship rat roof rat or house rat is a common long tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus rattus in the subfamily murinae. Roof rats possessing a long tail. The diet of the roof rats is entirely different from their brethren species. They grow up to 18 in in length including their tail and weigh at least 5 oz.

Their undersides are often white gray or black. The black rat is black to light brown in colour with a lighter underside. Inspecting roof rat infestation. The roof rat feces are spindle shaped and reach about 1 2 inch in size the norway rat s droppings have a capsule shape.

They prefer nuts plants and fruits to grains or high protein stuff such as scraps of meat. Female roof rats have 10 teats norway rats have heavy thick bodies blunt muzzles and small close set ears. Adult roof rats measure 6 8 16 20 cm when combining their head and body length. Conspicuously shorter than their combined head and body their tails are carried with comparatively less movement than roof rats.

Unlike the norway rat which is also known as a sewer or brown rat roof rats are smaller in size and their tails are longer than their bodies. And also because the norway rat can quickly adapt to the changes in the temperature compared to the roof rats. It is a generalist omnivore and a serious pest to farmers because it. If you pull the tail back over the body it will reach over its head.

Their 6 inch to 8 1 2 inch tails are dark on top with lighter undersides. It likely originated in the indian subcontinent but is now found worldwide.