Can mice interbreed with rats? Why or why not?

Question

I know that a lion and a tiger can interbreed....so it made me wonder.

Answer 1

No, they are seperate genus and species.

Lions and tigers are the same genus: panthera.

Mice and rats are different genus': mus and rattus.

Most animals can hybridize if they are the same on the genus level.

Scientists have tried to crossbreed mice and rats and the embryo died before the very first cell could multiply more than a few times.

Answer 2

I don't think so. But I wouldn't know. But I really don't think so. Sorry, for not knowing.

Answer 3

No, lions and tigers are more similar then rats are to mice.  Mice are smaller.  Lions and tigrs are about the same size

Answer 4

No, they are different species.

Answer 5

Also rats are predators toward mice!

I wouldn't put them in the same cage, let alone mating them...

Answer 6

No because they are two different species and they have different chromosomes.  :)