Water Rat

Water Rat(s) may refer to:

Animals

Water Rat is a common name for several unrelated semiaquatic rodents, including:

  • European Water Vole, found in north and central Europe and Russia
  • Rakali, found in Australia and New Guinea
  • Round-tailed Muskrat, found in the United States
  • Nectomys, found in South America
  • Amphinectomys savamis, found in Peru
Other
  • Water Rats (TV series), an Australian police procedural drama originally airing from 1996 to 2001 and focusing on the Sydney Water Police
  • The Grand Order of Water Rats, an entertainment industry charity based in London, England
  • The Rat zodiac sign is associated with the element of water
  • The nickname of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division
  • Ratty (water vole), a character in the novel The Wind in the Willows
  • De Walrot, Zaanstreek, a windmill moved to IJlst, Friesland in 1828
  • Monto Water Rats, a music venue in London

Famous quotes containing the words water and/or rat:

    But sound of water over a rock
    Where the hermit-thrush sings in the pine trees
    Drip drop drip drop drop drop drop
    But there is no water
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    Your rat tail is all the fashion now. I prefer a bushy plume, carried straight up. You are Siamese and your ancestors lived in trees. Mine lived in palaces. It has been suggested to me that I am a bit of a snob. How true! I prefer to be.
    Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)