# Is this a rat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 15, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-rat/944298 "2021-06-15T02:53:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-rat/944298/21 "2021-06-18T11:05:50Z")
[Hispid Cotton Rat](https://animalia.bio/hispid-cotton-rat) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-rat/944298/22 "2021-06-18T18:32:28Z")
It’s a Siberian hamster. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-rat/944298/23 "2021-06-18T18:53:20Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > It’s a Siberian hamster… Is its name Basil? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-rat/944298/24 "2021-06-19T19:48:03Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > I’m doubling down on Cotton Rat then. Yeah, when I saw the size compared to the kitty’s head - in my mind, that’s a rat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-rat/944298.md?page=1)