Figure 1: Hairless rat & mock hairless photos

Note: It is not possible to be sure which gene is responsible for your true type hairless rat without genetic testing. Double rex, patchwork, and mock hairless are not true type hairless and are caused by dominant rexing genes.

Photo 1: Hairless Type
(usually hairless except for curly whiskers -may have minimal sparse hair)


Photo 2: Mock Hairless/Double rexed
(Often sparse hair on head and posterior that will come and go)


Photo 3: Hairless type rat(only showing *at most* curly whiskers.)


Photo 4: Double rex male

Photos courtesy of Bellaratta’s Nest Rattery

Posted on June 29, 2003, 12:54, Last updated on October 21, 2005, 09:15 | Figures