Mutated pig rat

The mutated pig rat is a creature found in the Core Region of 2241.

Biology
Mutated pig rats are, much like their namesakes pig rats, large, hairless, burrowing rats. It's unknown whether they're a rat-pig hybrid or an entirely new creature. Pig rats combine the feral cunning of a rat with the voracious appetite of a pig. Beyond this, their similarities with common pig rats, they also seem to be irradiated; at least enough to transfer considerable doses of radiation, as well as poison, to any foe they manage harm.

Gameplay attributes
Mutated pig rats are very similar to their non-mutated counterparts in that they travel on large packs, and use their speed to outmanoeuvre and outnumber their adversaries. Where normal pig rats only pose a threat to unprepared or low-level player characters, mutated ones may prove trickier due to their potent poison and deadly radiation.

Variants
Very similar to normal pig rats, the mutated pig rat hunts in packs, and will try to outnumber it's foe and bring it down in through a flurry of irradiated and poisoned attacks.

Locations

 * Redding: Outside the Great Wanamingo Mine.
 * Modoc: Some of the mole rats in Farrel's garden are the mutated variant.
 * Mariposa Military Base: On levels 1 and 3. Mechlior spawns them in level 4, if the players gives him time.
 * On random encounters.

Appearances
Mutated pig rats appear only in Fallout 2.