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This list of fictional rodents is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and covers all rodents, including beavers, mice, chipmunks, gophers, guinea pigs, hamsters, marmots, prairie dogs, porcupines and squirrels, as well as extinct or prehistoric species. Rodents, particularly rats and mice, feature in literature, myth and legend.
In German, it is known as Nutria, Biberratte 'beaver rat', or Sumpfbiber 'swamp beaver'. In Italy, instead, the popular name is, as in North America and Asia, nutria, but it is also called castorino 'little beaver ', by which its fur is known in Italy. In Swedish, the animal is known as sumpbäver 'marsh/swamp beaver'.
The muskrat ( Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia and South America. The muskrat is found in wetlands over various climates and habitats. It has crucial effects on the ecology of wetlands, [ 2] and is a resource of food and fur for humans.
The list consists of those species found in the nations or overseas territories of continental South America (including their island possessions, such as the Galápagos ), as well as in Trinidad and Tobago and the Falkland Islands; Panama is not included. As of May 2012, the list contains 1,331 species, 340 genera, 62 families and 15 orders.
Mouse Tower. Coordinates: 49°58′19″N 7°52′51″E. The Mouse Tower with Ehrenfels Castle on the background. Hatto, Archbishop of Mainz. From the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). Hatto is depicted being eaten alive by mice, as described in the Mouse Tower legend. The Mouse Tower (Mäuseturm) is a stone tower on a small island in the Rhine ...
Here he meets Rat, a water vole, who takes Mole for a ride in his rowing boat. They get along well and spend many more days boating, with "Ratty" teaching Mole the ways of the river, with the two friends living together in Ratty's riverside home. One summer day, Rat and Mole disembark near the grand Toad Hall and pay a visit to Toad. Toad is ...
Certificate – X, U, PG, R, G (from the film certificates) Charged – ION. Charlie – C ( NATO phonetic alphabet) Chartered accountant – CA. Chief – CH. Chlorine – CL (chemical symbol) Chromosome – X or Y. Church – CH or CE ( Church of England) or RC ( Roman Catholic) Circa – C.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin ( German: der Rattenfänger von Hameln, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the title character of a legend from the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Lower Saxony, Germany . The legend dates back to the Middle Ages. The earliest references describe a piper, dressed in multicolored ("pied") clothing ...