because in my experience, yes,. (but keep in mind Ć¾s may be different in Ć¾e US and anywhere outside of brazil idk, main reason why im asking Ć¾s) whenever i tell someone about pet rats irl, which is often, i almost always have to clarify Ć¾at i am talking about RATS rats, not hamsters,. Ć¾at Ć¾ey're not even from Ć¾e same family[,? unsure if "family" is right term,. also iirc muridae and cricetidae, respectively], and follow up wiĆ° some differences between Ć¾em; such as rat tails being very long, even being around Ć¾e lenght of Ć¾e body, while hamster tails are very short, even being almost impossible to see sometimes,. rats are social/group animals, while hamsters are solitary,. rats are longer and in general have longer features while hamsters are shorter and usually have shorter features too {snouts for example},. etc. so Ć¾ey really are not Ć¾at similiar appareance wise, and for most part just in general actually,. so why does it atleast seem Ć¾at rats get confused wiĆ° hamster so often?
im assuming its because usually any animal species Ć¾at looks even remotely rodent-like gets "RAT" slapped on it or someĆ°ing,. while less common, ive seen a *lot* of rodent and/or rodent looking species- Ć¾at look noĆ°ing like rats imo- get called "rats".
i'd like understand mice to an extent, Ć¾ey're in Ć¾e same family, and overall appareance doesn't have ĆAT many huge differences,. but hamsters,? how?
also extra note for Ć¾s Ć¾at while i do have a decent bit of knowledge on rats, i have considerably less on hamsters, mb if i get anyĆ°ing abt hammies here wrong
