What is a rat as a living thing?

Question

What is a rat as a living thing?

Answer 1

Rats are various medium sized, long-tailed rodents of the superfamily Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Many members of other rodent genera and families are also called rats and share many characteristics with true rats.

Rats are distinguished from mice by their size; rats generally have bodies longer than 12 cm (5 in).

Answer 2

They are

1)  Vertebrates

2)  Mammals

3)  Rodents

4)  Super family  Muroidea

5)  Genus Rattus

Answer 3

  A rat is a rodent and also a mammal.

Answer 4

Rats are rodents which have sharp teeth to cut and are included in vertebrates