Rat

[Traditionalist]

Skins from various rats were often used for dubbing materials, but these are not generally easily available now, and rats can be dangerous, as the rats themselves carry various dangerous diseases, as do the fleas they have, Weils disease and bubonic plague being only two of these! Best avoided! Substitute various underfur from rabbit, etc as required. The "water rat" often mentioned is not a rat, but a vole.