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The diet of the roof rats is entirely different from their brethren species. Another difference is that the roof rat is more slender with a longer tail than the norway rat. Call us today if you need roof rat identification or control services. What does a roof rat look like.

See roof rats stock video clips. Adult roof rats measure 6 8 16 20 cm when combining their head and body length. Roof rats are long and thin rodents that have large eyes and ears a pointed nose and a scaly tail. For effective pest control you need to determine what type of rat is scurrying around your attic.

On the basis of the tail size. Their undersides are often white gray or black. Roof rats have soft and smooth fur that. 775 roof rats stock photos vectors and illustrations are available royalty free.

Trim all tree branches to further prevent entry. Critter control can help you identify trap remove roof rats. Roof rats are long and thin rodents that have large eyes and ears a pointed nose and a scaly tail. The common lifespan of these rodents is about one year.

Roof rats rattus rattus sometimes called black rats fruit rats or house rats are aerial very agile climbers and usually live and nest above ground in shrubs trees and dense vegetation such as ivy. Roof rats have soft and smooth fur that is typically brown with intermixed spots of black. The roof rat rattus rattus linnaeus is smaller in size than the norway rat. As its name indicates these species of rats are most likely to be found in higher places and upper levels of the home.

Roof rats are known by a variety of other names including palm rats fruit rats ship rats and alexandrian rats. Both roof rats and norway rats a stockier variety of rat can infest homes. In dense populations these rodents will establish a social hierarchy wherein dominant males mate more than subordinate males. They are usually about 15 inches long and have a long hairless tail that can be about 14 1 2 inches long.

The roof rat also called gray bellied rat white bellied rat alexandrine rat black rat and ship rat. Roof rats being the smaller sized ones with a considerably slender body. Rats in a house city rat brown rat rat pictures pest rodent rat pest control gray rat rat house rodent control rat city. They have light black to grey smooth fur on their bodies with off white to grey underbellies.

Roof rats can also enter openings in walls eaves and roof from the branches of trees. Roof rats typically weigh 5 to 10 ounces. And also because the norway rat can quickly adapt to the changes in the temperature compared to the roof rats.