Giant pouched rat
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The giant pouched rats of sub-Saharan Africa are large muroid rodents.
Cricetomys emini
A HeroRAT finds a land mine in a training field in Morogoro, Tanzania
Cricetomys emini 2
Crycetomys Gambianus Apsilia 2
Rat
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Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, with the genus Rattus containing the most familiar rats. Other rat genera include Neotoma,
Giant pouched rat
…tails ranging from 36–46 cm (14–18 in). They weigh between 1.0 and 1.5 kg (2.2 and 3.3 lb). Giant pouched rats are only distantly related to the true rats, although until recently they had been placed in the same family, Muridae. Recent molecular studies, however, place them in the family Nesomyidae, part…
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A closeup of a rat tail