European Water Vole; Arvicola terrestris; brown; fury; black eyes; long whiskers; long front teeth; orange teeth; endangered species; threatened; protected; hunting; foraging; river bank; long grass; IPSV2597; IPSV2590; IPSV1301;
brown rat; rattus norvegicus; Irish mammals; British rodents; rodentia; pest species; whiskers; longtail; ratty; omnivore; opportunistic feeders, vermin,
Description
brown rat, rattus norvegicus, Irish mammals, British rodents, rodentia, pest species, whiskers, longtail, ratty, omnivore, opportunistic feeders, vermin
Water Vole (Arvicola terrestris), also known as the Black Water Rat. This animal is the 'Ratty' of the children's classic The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame, (London, 1908) From British Quadrupeds, W MacGillivray, (Edinburgh, 1828), one of the volumes in William Jardine's Naturalist's Library series. Hand-coloured engraving.