T he more commonly seen grey squirrel is referred to by the Mitsubishi Eclipse 2000 Commercial as being "More beloved than the rat". We were told by DSM (a division of Mitsubishi) that this is because squirrels have fur and fluffy tails while the common house rat is not fluffy, but rather covered in a brown, scaly skin. We try not to carry any racial preference to this site, but we feel that squirrels do look poofier and therefore prettier, and, although we can't say how, are significantly more important than rats. You also see more squirrels than rats which, although insignificant, add to the growing list of squirrel-sized advantages.