title: Water rat
text: # Water rat
  
  Water rat(s) may refer to:
  
  ## Animals
  
  Water rat is a common name for a number of not closely related types of semiaquatic rodents of superfamily Muroidea, including:
  
  * Ucayali water rat or amphibious rat (Amphinectomys savamis), a cricetid found in Peru
  * European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly A. terrestris), a cricetid in north and central Europe and Russia
  * Baiyankamys, a murid genus of two species from New Guinea
  * African wading rat (Colomys goslingi), also called African water rat
  * Earless water rat (Crossomys moncktoni), a murid of eastern New Guinea
  * Hydromys, a murid genus of four species of Australia and New Guinea
  * Nectomys, a cricetid genus of five species of South America
  * Florida water rat or round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni), a cricetid in the United States
  * Sulawesi water rat (Waiomys mamasae), a murid of Sulawesi
  * False water rat (Xeromys myoides), a murid of northern Australia and southern New Guinea
  
  ## 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
  