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:
“When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“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)