A rat is a rodent of the genus Rattus. Colloquially, rat may refer to a muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America. Rat, RAT, or Rats may also refer to: Places Rat, Novi Travnik, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina Rat, Missouri, an unincorporated community Rat Island (disambiguation) Rat Islands, Alaska, United States Rat Lake (Aitkin County, Minnesota), United States Rat Lake (Cottonwood County, Minnesota), United States Rat Portage, the former name of Kenora, Ontario, Canada Rat River (disambiguation) People Rat (Ned's Atomic Dustbin), a band member of Ned's Atomic Dustbin Rats (footballer) (born 1977), nickname of former Angolan footballer Ambrósio Pascoal Blek le Rat (born 1952), French graffiti artist Răzvan Raț (born 1981), Romanian footballer Vasiliy Rats (born 1961), Ukrainian footballer Technology Computing Radio access technology RATS (software), regression analysis of time series Remote access trojan, malware Other De Rat, IJlst, a windmill Ram air turbine Rock Abrasion Tool, on Mars rovers CL-70 RAT (Remote Articulated Track), Canadair vehicle Rocket Assisted Torpedo, later named RUR-5 ASROC Rapid antigen test, RAT Arts and entertainment Characters Rat (Pearls Before Swine), in comic strip Rat Rathbone, in Robert Muchamore's CHERUB series Theodore Donald "Rat" Finch, computer hacker in The Core Tunnel Rat (G.I. Joe) Films Rat (film), a 2000 Irish film Rats (2016 film), a 2016 American documentary horror film Rat, a 1998 documentary by Mark Lewis Rats: Night of Terror, a 1984 Italian film Music Rats (album), 1994, by Sass Jordan "Rats" (Pearl Jam song), from 1993 album Vs. "Rats" (The Kinks song), 1970 "Rats", a song from the album Not Accepted Anywhere by The Automatics "Rats" (Ghost song), 2018 Other "Rat" (short story), by James Patrick Kelly "Rats", an episode of The Protector Rats!, a 1998 2D platform video game Other uses Rat (zodiac), sign of the Chinese zodiac Rat or shoulder tender, a cut of beef Rat, slang for what an informant does Rat, a device for forming a hair bun Pro Co RAT, a guitar distortion pedal Rat (newspaper), New York City, US Remote Associates Test of creativity potential See also The Rat (disambiguation) The Rats (disambiguation) Rât (disambiguation) RAT test (disambiguation) Raat (disambiguation) Ratt (disambiguation) RRAT, rotating radio transients Lab rat (disambiguation)