The word mouse can be traced to the Sanskrit word which means musha mean to steal.

A female house mouse give birth to 6 babies about 21 days after mating. She is ready to mate again in two days.

Norway rat or ship rat it was also called as sewer rat (long tail).

Roof rat also known as black rat it was common found in house(short tail).

Bandicoot it was also known as Indian mole rat or lesser bandicoot body is heavy and pig like face is common.

One pair of rats can produce 50-70 babies per year.

Rats spoil 16% of food grains produced in India every year.