You would have had to discount the naked-pink ratlike tail; the strangely colored irises, which were round instead of slitted; and especially the head,.

His tail, naked and pink and ratlike, lashed in turmoil.

A wet, miserable-looking cur slunk across the street with his ratlike tail between his legs.

But it said, "Another one," in a harsh, deep voice, and shuffled over toward him, with a long, ratlike tail snaking and coiling behind.

A huge shadow lumbered up behind the boy, a huge and shaggy shadow with a ratlike tail.

It mewed eagerly when it saw her, its ratlike tail waving like a banner.

He'd imagined them as grotesque, slimy creatures with wide mouths and stupid eyes, and rudimentary, ratlike tails.

Slowly his ears folded into tight knots, his pupils contracted, and his ratlike tail went limp as flannel.

His ratlike tail had always been his least impressive feature.

A little guy, only about ten centimeters long, excluding its ratlike tail.