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The Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), also commonly known as the African giant pouched rat, is a species of nocturnal pouched rat of the giant pouched rat genus Cricetomys, in the family Nesomyidae. It is among the largest muroids in the world, growing to about 0.9 m (3 ft) long, including the tail, which makes up half of its total ...
Giant pouched rats are only distantly related to the true rats, although until recently they had been placed in the same family, Muridae. [1] Recent molecular studies, however, place them in the family Nesomyidae, part of an ancient radiation of African and Malagasy muroids. The name "pouched rat" refers to their large cheek pouches. The ...
Gambian pouched rat; Gambian sun squirrel; Giant pouched rat; Giant thicket rat; Gracile tateril; Gray climbing mouse; Gray spiny mouse; Gray-headed thicket rat; Greater cane rat; Griselda's striped grass mouse
Non-profit APOPO says it has trained rats to sniff out elephant tusks, rhino horns, pangolin scales and other wildlife products that are trafficked out of Africa. How giant rodents could rat on ...
Beamys hindei - long-tailed pouched rat; Beamys major - greater long-tailed pouched rat; Genus Cricetomys. Cricetomys ansorgei - Southern giant pouched rat; Cricetomys emini - Emin's giant pouched rat; Cricetomys gambianus - Gambian giant pouched rat; Cricetomys kivuensis - Kivu giant pouched rat; Genus Saccostomus. Saccostomus campestris ...
Gambian pouched rat; Giant pouched rat; K. Kivu giant pouched rat; S. Southern giant pouched rat This page was last edited on 13 August 2017, at 14:26 (UTC). ...
Pouched rats are found throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa with the exception of southern Africa. They are characterized by having large cheek pouches and a distinctive molar morphology . The molars are very similar to the type seen in the subfamily Murinae , but pouched rats probably evolved this similarity through convergent evolution .
Subfamily Cricetomyinae - pouched rats Genus Beamys. Lesser hamster-rat, Beamys hindei; Greater hamster-rat, Beamys major; Genus Cricetomys - giant pouched rats Southern giant pouched rat, Cricetomys ansorgei; Gambian pouched rat, Cricetomys gambianus; Emin's pouched rat, Cricetomys emini; Kivu giant pouched rat, Cricetomys kivuensis