On the basis of the tail size.
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Other identifying traits include their pointed noses hairless ears and dark fur with light colored underbellies.
They have light black to grey smooth fur on their bodies with off white to grey underbellies.
The common lifespan of these rodents is about one year.
The diet of the roof rats is entirely different from their brethren species.
Roof rats typically weigh 5 to 10 ounces.
In dense populations these rodents will establish a social hierarchy wherein dominant males mate more than subordinate males.
Their bodies are seven or eight inches in length though their bald scaly tails add up to ten more inches.
Roof rats are long and thin rodents that have large eyes and ears a pointed nose and a scaly tail.
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Roof rats are frequent visitors to yards and homes across the country.
Adult roof rats measure 6 8 16 20 cm when combining their head and body length.
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Roof rats have soft and smooth fur that is typically brown with intermixed spots of black.
Roof rats being the smaller sized ones with a considerably slender body.
They are usually about 15 inches long and have a long hairless tail that can be about 14 1 2 inches long.
Roof rats become sexually mature between two and five months producing four to six litters per year that consist of six to eight young each.