Rat Varieties

Base Colors

Black is a/a

Agouti is A/a or A/A

All rats are one or the other, and this is the base of their color. The albino gene overrides this, however.

Black

SILV Medusa, a black doe

Agouti

SILV KitKat, an agouti dumbo doe

Siamese

Seal point Siamese

SILV Jameson, a seal point Siamese dumbo buck

Agouti point Siamese

Marten

cm/-

Marten

SILV Icarus, a marten buck (he is actually pointed marten, ch/cm, but he works for illustrative purposes.)

Silver agouti

Burmese

c/c Bu/bu, c/ch Bu/bu, ch/ch Bu/bu

Burmese

SILV Patrick, a Burmese buck

Pearl

Pe/pe on mink

Pearl

SILV Dorian Gray, a pearl buck

Cinnamon Pearl

SILV Pumpkin Pie, a cinnamon pearl doe