Brown rat
A brown rat is a medium-sized rodent that adapts easily to urban and rural environments.
25 cmBody lengthLife in proportion
Brown rat vs Mouse
What are they, and what does the difference actually look like?
Two things. One honest scale.
Meet the pair
What these two things are
Mouse
A mouse is a small rodent with a pointed snout and a long, thin tail.
9 cmBody lengthBrown rat has about 2.78 times the body length of Mouse.
Both marked spans share one linear scale. Artwork keeps its proportions; poses and surface detail are illustrative.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
Brown rat
A chosen 25 cm body, excluding tail, and 350 g mass.
Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked body length is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Mouse
Defined example; real examples vary. The 25 g mass is an explicit assumption, not a species average or product specification.
Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
Defined examples — our methodology
The marked body length is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
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Measurement details
Why these numbers?
The visual compares body length with body length. The records below preserve each value’s basis and caveats.
Brown rat
25 cmBody length · defined specimen
A chosen 25 cm body, excluding tail, and 350 g mass.
Mouse
9 cmBody length · example
Defined example; real examples vary. The 25 g mass is an explicit assumption, not a species average or product specification.
- Comparing
- Body length ↔ Body length
- Relative size
- Brown rat is larger on this measurement by a factor of about 2.78. Brown rat's selected measurement is approximately 178% greater than Mouse's.
How to read the visual
The labelled spans and stored measurements determine the scale; unmeasured illustration details do not.
- Brown rat: Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
- Mouse: Nose-to-rump reference span; tail excluded. Poses and unmeasured details remain representative.
There’s always another scale
Follow your curiosity.
Living thingsBrown rat25 cmA brown rat is a medium-sized rodent that adapts easily to urban and rural environments.Living thingsMouse9 cmA mouse is a small rodent with a pointed snout and a long, thin tail.
Living thingsHoneybee1.5 cmA honeybee is a social insect that lives in a colony and gathers nectar and pollen from flowers.
PeopleHuman1.75 mA human is a primate of the species Homo sapiens, distinguished by habitual upright walking, language and complex tool use.
Living thingsAfrican elephant3.3 mAn African elephant is a large plant-eating mammal recognised by its trunk, tusks and broad ears.
Living thingsBlue whale25 mA blue whale is a baleen whale that feeds by filtering small animals from seawater.Side by side
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