You might be referring to the tapir, a South American rodent (the world's largest rodent) that looks very much like a "five foot rat".
Well it fly's like a bird and looks like a rat.. therefore Bat!
nutria
A rat looks very much like a mouse. Rats are much larger and are shaped a little differently. If you want to get an accurate description, I would advise you to put it in a search engine and look at the images.
rat poison looks like red human blood but it isn't as thick as human blood!!
rat rat
a rat.
Capybara
Capybara
It might be an otter.
chinchla
There is an animal that looks like a beaver but the tail is more like a rat tail and it is called a Nutria.
parson
Likely large roof rats or wharf rats. They get rather large, perhaps larger than you thought a rat would be.
A rat! I know what a rat looks like this was no rat to big sleek and fat
Malamute is the correct spelling. This is not the animal I just saw in Westminster,co. I IMAGINE THERE IS A BETTER ANSWER FOR THE ABOVE QUESTION. THIS ANIMAL HAD A NEARLY 2 FOOT RAT LIKE TAIL.
No because a mouse looks like a rat but it isn't a rat isn't it?
a banana rat fetus