#rat  any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
  supertype:  rodent__gnawer__gnawing_animal__gnawinganimal  relatively small gnawing animals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
  subtype:  pocket_rat  any of various rodents with cheek pouches
     subtype:  pocket_mouse  any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
        subtype:  silky_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_flavus  small pale yellowish soft-furred rodent of southwestern United States and Mexico
        subtype:  plains_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_flavescens  small rodent of open areas of United States plains states
        subtype:  hispid_pocket_mouse__Perognathus_hispidus  large stiff-haired rodent of shortgrass prairies of United States
        subtype:  Mexican_pocket_mouse__Liomys_irroratus  large pocket mouse of Mexico
     subtype:  kangaroo_rat__desert_rat__Dipodomys_phillipsii  any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
        subtype:  Ord_kangaroo_rat__Dipodomys_ordi  most widely distributed kangaroo rat: plains and mountain areas of central and western United States
     subtype:  dwarf_pocket_rat__kangaroo_mouse  small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
     subtype:  pocket_gopher__gopher__pouched_rat__pouchedrat  burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
        subtype:  plains_pocket_gopher__Geomys_bursarius  gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America
        subtype:  southeastern_pocket_gopher__Geomys_pinetis  gopher of Alabama Georgia and Florida
        subtype:  valley_pocket_gopher__Thomomys_bottae  of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States
        subtype:  northern_pocket_gopher__Thomomys_talpoides  grayish to brown gopher of western and central United States
  subtype:  brown_rat__brownrat__Norway_rat__Rattus_norvegicus  common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
     subtype:  wharf_rat__wharfrat  brown rat that infests wharves
     subtype:  sewer_rat__sewerrat  brown rat commonly found in sewers
  subtype:  black_rat__blackrat__roof_rat__Rattus_rattus  common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
  subtype:  bandicoot_rat__bandicootrat__mole_rat  burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
  subtype:  jerboa_rat  large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping
     subtype:  kangaroo_mouse  leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
  subtype:  rice_rat__Oryzomys_palustris  hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States

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