Rats and Mice: Compare and Contrast These Interesting Rodents by Kyli Earley https://padlet.com/kyliearley/n4ghy6qm7xblmmea en-us 2020-12-09 15:25:32 UTC 2020-12-10 15:18:26 UTC hello@padlet.com kyliearley https://padlet.com/kyliearley/n4ghy6qm7xblmmea/wish/1002555322 Rats and mice are really similar, right? Well, as may have thought, mice and rats aren’t as similar as they seem. Although mice and rats have some similarities, they also have a ton of differences. ]]> 2020-12-09 15:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliearley/n4ghy6qm7xblmmea/wish/1002555322 kyliearley https://padlet.com/kyliearley/n4ghy6qm7xblmmea/wish/1002562786 Carlye Jones states that the biggest comparison between rats and mice is their dental formula. They both have a total of 18 teeth. She explains that rats and mice have 1/1 incisors, 0/0 canine, 0/1 premolars, and 3/3 molars. At the front of their mouths, they have four incisors. On the bottom jaw they have two premolars about midway back. In the back of their mouths they have six molars. Jones notes that they both have special teeth for gnawing. Both mice and rats are omnivores. They both have one pair of incisors in each jaw. Their incisors grow continuously. They both have a lack of enamel on the back of their teeth. They have a large gap behind their incisors (animals.mom.com). Mice and rats enamel structure is the main difference between them.

]]> 2020-12-09 15:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliearley/n4ghy6qm7xblmmea/wish/1002562786 kyliearley https://padlet.com/kyliearley/n4ghy6qm7xblmmea/wish/1002565320 On the other hand, rats and mice have a lot of differences. Cooper Pest acknowledges that mice have fairly small faces while rats have fairly large faces. Mice also have a smaller body compared to rats. He claims that although mice have smaller heads and smaller bodies, they have larger eyes and larger ears than rats do. Pest mentions that mice have a lifespan of about one and a half years to two and a half years. Rats life span is around two to three years. He also mentions that mice are really aggressive towards other mice. They would prefer to just be alone. Rats, on the other hand, enjoy being with other rats (cooperpest.com). There are quite a few differences between rats and mice.

]]> 2020-12-09 15:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliearley/n4ghy6qm7xblmmea/wish/1002565320 kyliearley https://padlet.com/kyliearley/n4ghy6qm7xblmmea/wish/1002568860 As may have thought, rats and mice aren’t as similar as they seem. Their enamel structure is almost the exact same, but that is pretty much the only similarity between the two. Mice have a lot smaller faces than rats, and rats bodies are much larger than mice bodies. Mice are a lot more aggressive than rats. Mice have larger eyes compared to rats. There are quite a few things about mice and rats that aren’t what is usually thought about them. 

]]> 2020-12-09 15:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliearley/n4ghy6qm7xblmmea/wish/1002568860 kyliearley https://padlet.com/kyliearley/n4ghy6qm7xblmmea/wish/1002582010 Works cited
Jones, Carlye. “COMPARISON OF TEETH IN RATS & MICE.” animals.mom.com, 
https://animals.mom.com/comparison-teeth-rats-mice-7208.html. Accessed 3 Nov. 2020.
Pest, Cooper. “Mice vs. Rats – What’s the difference?” cooperpest.com, 
https://www.cooperpest.com/blog/mice-vs-rats. Accessed 3 Nov. 2020.

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