Quiz for Rodent Biology, Health and Disease California

A rat pup can be about the same size as an adult mouse, making identification difficult, but mice have much smaller ears in relation to their heads.  True or False

Rats have a tail that is longer than their bodies, especially in the young, but mice have a tail that is almost always equal in length to their bodies.   True or False

While mice usually don’t stray more than 10 – 30 feet from the nest on average, they can in some cases go as far as 100 feet for food.    True or False

Mice, unlike rats, do not require a water source. Mice receive water from the food they eat and are sustained even from the driest foods.   True or False

Interior treatments for the house mouse should focus on trapping the majority of the population, applying liquid baits, and excluding areas of entry into the structure.    True or False

Norway rats are relatively large blunt nosed rodents that most often make burrows outside, with food and harborage close by.    True or False

Roof rats on the other hand are slightly smaller, forage much larger areas, and have pointed noses.     True or False

The forage area for Norway rats is roughly 100 – 300 feet from their nest with roof rats foraging up to 1000 ft.     True or False

Rats can generally get through a hole as small as 1 inch, and mice holes as small as ¼ inch.    True or False

Rats also chew regularly on items of little consequence to them such as electrical wires, and prefer food that is crunchy such as dog and cat food.    True or False