Tag Discussion: rat, mouse

@NWF_Renim: Too general, at least with rat or mouse you...

2010-08-15T20:49:49-04:00

Too general, at least with rat or mouse you have a general idea of what you're getting. Rodent you'll end up with things like squirrels and such.

@juunigatsu_no_usagi: why not just use Rodent?

2010-08-15T20:41:40-04:00

why not just use Rodent?

@Vlad_Tepes: > rantuyetmai said: > > The artists know, just...

2010-08-15T15:24:53-04:00

rantuyetmai said:

The artists know, just that Japanese and some other Asian languages do not have that kind of distinction.

I meant more in the way some seem to have rat bodies/tail but mouse ears.

@rantuyetmai: +1 for keeping distinction between mice/rat. ...

2010-08-15T13:15:01-04:00

+1 for keeping distinction between mice/rat.

About the ears and tail, I'd think tagging them as mouse's is the natural action.

Vlad_Tepes said:
The artists themselves have no idea which is which.

The artists know, just that Japanese and some other Asian languages do not have that kind of distinction.

@Vlad_Tepes: I think there should be a distinction between...

2010-08-15T12:34:53-04:00

I think there should be a distinction between the two.

That being said, looking under rat there are more then a few mice being tagged as rats or the artists themselves have no idea which is which.

@henmere: Does danbooru distinguish these two kinds of...

2010-08-15T11:27:16-04:00

Does danbooru distinguish these two kinds of rodents?
Mice are small rodents.
Rats are larger vermin and appear in the Chinese sexagenary cycle.
Mouse ears / mouse tail tag is applied to both rodent ears / tail...?