A rat is a rodent of the genus Rattus.

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) (active 1987–1995), stage name of guitarist Gareth Pring 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, in networking RATS (software), a statistical software package for time series analysis Remote access trojan, malware

Aviation Ram air temperature, in aircraft Ram air turbine, in aircraft Rock Abrasion Tool, a NASA Mars Exploration Rover component CL-70 RAT (Remote Articulated Track), a Canadair vehicle Rocket Assisted Torpedo, later named RUR-5 ASROC

Others De Rat, IJlst, a windmill in the Netherlands Rapid antigen test, a kind of medical diagnostic

Arts and entertainment

Characters Rat (Pearls Before Swine), a comic strip character Rat Rathbone, in Robert Muchamore's CHERUB spy novel series Theodore Donald "Rat" Finch, a computer hacker in the 2003 film The Core

Films Rat (film), a 2000 Irish comedy Rats (2016 film), an American documentary horror film Rats! (film), a 2024 American independent comedy Rats, a 2013 short film starring Romaine Waite Rat, a 1998 documentary by Mark Lewis Rats: Night of Terror, a 1984 Italian film

Music Rats (album), 1994, by Sass Jordan "Rats" (Ghost song), 2018 "Rats" (The Kinks song), 1970 "Rats", a song by The Automatics from the album Not Accepted Anywhere "Rats", a song by Pearl Jam from the album Vs. "Rät", a song by Penelope Scott

Other Rats (advertisement), a 2000 political ad "Rat" (short story), by James Patrick Kelly "Rats" (short story), by M. R. James "Rats", an episode of The Protector Rats!, a 1998 2D platform video game

Other uses Rat (zodiac), a Chinese zodiac sign Rat or shoulder tender, a cut of beef Rat, slang for an informant, or to inform Rat, a device for forming a hair bun Pro Co RAT, a guitar distortion pedal Rat (newspaper), a New York City underground newspaper The Remote Associates Test of creativity potential Rat, a colloquial name for muskrat

See also

The Rat (disambiguation) The Rats (disambiguation) Rât (disambiguation) RAT test (disambiguation) Raat (disambiguation) Ratt (disambiguation) RRAT, rotating radio transients Lab rat (disambiguation) Tunnel Rat (G.I. Joe), a fictional character