Crass J. Bae, 413 
Two cutting teeth in each jaw. XV. RAT. 
Four toes before, five behind. 
Very flender tail; naked, or very flightly haired. 
Mus domefticus major, feu Musrattus. Lin. fy. 83. 25. Brack. 
Rattus. Raii /yn. quad. 217. Mus cauda longa fubnuda cor- 
Meyer’s an. ii. Tab. 83. pore fufco  cinerefcente. 
Gefner quad. 731. Faun. Suec. 33, 
Mus cauda longiffima obfcure Mus Rattus, mus ciftrinarius, 
cinereus, Briffon quad 118. Klin quad, 57. 
De Deis gia. vi. Dp. 278, | Br. Zool. 46. Syn. quads No. 
Tab. 36. 226. 
Brit. Liygoden fferngig Germ. Ratz 
Fren. Le Rat Dut. Rot 
Stal, Ratto, Sorcio Swed. Rotta 
Span. Raton, Rata Dan. Rotte 
Port. Rato © ; 
Manners, 
» awe rat is the moft pernicious of any of 
our {fmaller quadrupeds : our meat, corn, 
cloaths, 
_ paper, 
furniture, in fhort every conveni- 
ency of life is a prey to this deftructive creature: 
nor does it confine itfelf to thefe; 
but will make 
equal havoke among our poultry, rabbets, or young 
game. Unfortunately for us it is a domeftic animal, 
always refiding in houfes, barns, or egranaries ; anid 
nature has furnifhed it with fore-teeth of fuch 
ftreneth, as enable it to force its way through the 
hardeft wood, or oldeft morter. 
It makes a lodge, 
either for its day’s refidence, or for a neft for its 
young, 
