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Anonymous
They're just brown rats that are usually over-exaggerated in size. Yes, they're larger compared to rats in rural areas, but they're not dog-sized. Nutria are seen in the city limits of a lot of southern cities but most people mistake them for beavers rather than actual rats.
I think most of it is because people compare them to the much tinier mouse, so brown rats just seem extremely large. People also tend to measure from nosetip to tailtip instead of just body-length.
On a related note OP might find interesting, a couple years ago, some actual giant rats (Cricetomys gambianus) were jumping out of an abandoned car and biting people in a city in Africa.
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