Rats, however, do not have white tummies but tend to be solid colored all
over. I once nursed a juvenile house rat back to health when he was found
dying of heat exhaustion (as far as we could tell).
Rahne Kirkham
Federal Way, Washington
"I am in Love and out of Him I will not go."
C.S.Lewis "The Great Divorce"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Donahue" <mgd at u.washington.edu>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 03:57 PM
Subject: Re: mammal ID


> I hate to rain on this interesting discussion on mammal ID, but I think
it's
> highly likely that the critter in question was a juvenile rat. The
original
> description "bigger than a chipmunk but smaller than a squirrel" sounds
just
> right for a young rat.
>
> Mike Donahue
> Seattle
>
>
>