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You can see the preferences in the biases.txt.  But yes for the sake of diplomactic modifiers Ikkuro, Ketarov and Atuuk hang together.
 
Yes on the colony policies.  Atuuk are treated as rodents.
 
I'm not sure if there might be other game mechanics affected as well.

Thanks, I wanted to double-check and MAKE SURE I understood what was being conveyed properly.
So I think it is fair to say that Atuuk ARE rodents... just with identity issues.
I tend to experience colony policies as more fundamentally important than racial likes/dislikes.