but they are both classified as rodents so yes.
While squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae, they are more closely related to to the mountain beaver and to dormice. Squirrels and rats are rodents but they are both classified as rodents so yes.
I guess you could maybe say that they are distant cousins.
Very distantly, but yes. They are both rodents, part of the order rodentia. squirrels are more closely related to the mountain beaver and dormice.
Source: Wikipedia.org :-)
no
No. They are different species of animals. Related, but different.
In some cases, the squirrel and the rat can be the same weight, but usually the rat is a little bit smaller than the grey squirrel.
why not
A rat is a consumer, not a producer or decomposer. Most animals are consumers.
if you count the flying squirrel as a rat, then yes.
Rat. Squirrel. Fox.
Scrat : A combination of both words Squirrel and Rat.
His name is Scrat. :)
The related adjective for rat is "ratty".
because they are like half rat half squirrel. they are very awesome.
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