Several genera of rodents with common names similar to "rat"

Ganesha and his two wives, Siddhi and Buddhi, surrounded by six attendants and his rats. Chromolithograph.

Ganesha. Chromolithograph.

Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.

Ganesha enthroned holding his symbols with his rat. Watercolour drawing.

Infestation with mice / E.L. Millar.

Naylor's Dog Show consisting of prize dogs of various breeds... : novelty extraordinary giant rat... : Mr. Samson, the wonderful Living Skeleton Man who is greatly contrasted with the extraordinary American Fat Child.

Top left, a rat; top right, a mouse; centre left, a water rat; centre right, a pouched rat; bottom left, the African mole rat; bottom right, the cape mole rat. Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1818.

Still life with a ledger, a skull and other objects. Oil painting, 1766.

Ganesha with rat, his transport. Watercolour drawing.

A man goes into a barn and opens a rat trap; a rat jumps put and bites him on the chin. Etching by T.L. Busby, ca. 1826.

Durga slaying the Buffalo Demon on a stand within a torana surrounded by deities. Chromolithograph.

Why should I worry? : Rodine kills rats and mice.

1 drawing : pencil, with watercolour and silver

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 51 x 37.9 cm

Ganesh holding banners and wearing a t-shirt bearing the letters 'IHO' for Indian Health Organisation; two rats pinch food from a platter below; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Bharat Press. Lithograph, ca. 1997.

Rats and fleas : the riddle of the plague and how it may be solved / by Walter R. Hadwen.

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Rats

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Why should I worry? : Rodine kills rats and mice.

Ganesha enthroned holding his symbols with his rat. Watercolour drawing.

Ganesh holding banners and wearing a t-shirt bearing the letters 'IHO' for Indian Health Organisation; two rats pinch food from a platter below; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Bharat Press. Lithograph, ca. 1997.

Ganesha with rat, his transport. Watercolour drawing.

Rats and fleas : the riddle of the plague and how it may be solved / by Walter R. Hadwen.

Rats

Images from the collections

Images referencing Rats

Works from the collections

Why should I worry? : Rodine kills rats and mice.

Ganesha enthroned holding his symbols with his rat. Watercolour drawing.

Ganesh holding banners and wearing a t-shirt bearing the letters 'IHO' for Indian Health Organisation; two rats pinch food from a platter below; an AIDS prevention advertisement by Bharat Press. Lithograph, ca. 1997.

Ganesha with rat, his transport. Watercolour drawing.

Rats and fleas : the riddle of the plague and how it may be solved / by Walter R. Hadwen.

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