Mice also have more triangular snouts compared to the less pointed snouts of rats. Both rodents have long, thin tails, but rat tails are hairless, while mice tails are covered with fur.

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Techniques for blood collection from the rat include puncture of the heart, retro-orbital plexus, jugular vein, saphenous vein, tail blood vessels, carotid artery, abdominal aorta, and vena cava.