Rat | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-10-04

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat


00:00:38 1 Species and description
00:03:09 2 Rat tails
00:07:29 3 As pets
00:08:12 4 As subjects for scientific research
00:11:05 4.1 General intelligence
00:11:52 5 As food
00:12:08 6 Working rats
00:12:28 7 For odor detection
00:12:58 8 In the spread of disease
00:13:38 9 As pests
00:15:21 10 As invasive species
00:17:01 11 Rat-free areas
00:21:29 12 In culture
00:21:54 12.1 Asian cultures
00:22:58 12.2 European cultures
00:24:12 12.2.1 Terminology
00:25:31 12.3 Fiction
00:28:57 12.3.1 The Pied Piper
00:29:55 13 See also



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SUMMARY
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Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus Rattus. Other rat genera include Neotoma (pack rats), Bandicota (bandicoot rats) and Dipodomys (kangaroo rats).
Rats are typically distinguished from mice by their size. Generally, when someone discovers a large muroid rodent, its common name includes the term rat, while if it is smaller, its name includes the term mouse. The common terms rat and mouse are not taxonomically specific.