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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 ...
Emin's pouched rat. Both the Gambian pouched rat and Emin's pouched rat were introduced into the exotic pet trade. Unfortunately, many dealers and breeders failed to recognize the difference in the two species and some even tried breeding the two together. There have been reports of it being successful, and other reports of offspring dying at ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Pouched rats are a group of African rodents in the subfamily Cricetomyinae. They are members of the family Nesomyidae , which contains other African muroids such as climbing mice , Malagasy mice , and the white-tailed rat .
A HeroRAT being rewarded with a banana Cricetomys gambianus is a species of giant pouched rat.. Magawa (November 2013 – January 2022) was an African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei) that worked as a HeroRAT sniffing out landmines in Cambodia for the non-governmental organization APOPO (in English, Anti-Personnel Landmines Removal Product Development) which trains rats to detect ...