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Giant pouched rat
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Emin's pouched rat (Cricetomys emini)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Nesomyidae
Subfamily: Cricetomyinae
Genus: Cricetomys
Waterhouse, 1840
Species
  • Cricetomys ansorgei
  • Cricetomys emini
  • Cricetomys gambianus
  • Cricetomys kivuensis

The giant pouched rats (genus Cricetomys) of sub-Saharan Africa are large muroid rodents.

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