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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 ...
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 ...
The southern giant pouched rat is a large rodent, with males larger than females. Adult males typically weigh 1.5 to 2.0 kg (3.3 to 4.4 lb), while females weigh 1.2 to 1.6 kg (2.6 to 3.5 lb). The pouches for which these rats are named consist of oversized cheek-pouches.
In Tanzania, a nonprofit trains African giant pouched rats to save lives by detecting land mines and tuberculosis.
Eight giant African pouched rats were able to detect four wildlife samples from 146 non-target items during this four-year study.
The giant pouched rat is notable for being the largest of the muroids. A giant pouched rat was also implicated as a carrier in a small outbreak of monkeypox in the US. The three genera of Cricetomyinaeds contain eight species.
After five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, Magawa is retiring. The African giant pouched rat has been the most successful rodent trained and overseen by a ...
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