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:
“And one rose in a tent of sea and gave
A darkening shudder; water fell away;
The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.”
—Yvor Winters (1900–1968)
“But you think ... that it is time for me to have done with the world, and so I would if I could get into a better before I was called into the best, and not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)