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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. All nesomyids are in the superfamily Muroidea, a large and complex clade containing 1⁄4 of all mammal species. Sometimes the pouched rats are placed in the family Muridae along with all other members of the superfamily Muroidea.
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.
There are three very different genera of pouched rats. 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.
very different genera of pouched rats. The giant pouchedrat is notable for being the largest of the muroids. A giant pouchedrat was also implicated as...
pouchedrat (Cricetomys gambianus), also commonly known as the African giant pouchedrat, is a species of nocturnal pouchedrat of the giant pouched rat...
radiation of African and Malagasy muroids. The name "pouchedrat" refers to their large cheek pouches. The species are: Females have been said to be capable...
Giant pouchedrat, genus Cricetomys Malagasy giant rat, Hypogeomys antimena Flores giant rat, Papagomys armandvillei Mountain giant Sunda rat, Sundamys...
domesticated brown rats. However, other species, notably the Gambian pouchedrat, have also been trained to assist humans. Pet rats derived from Rattus...
The southern giant pouchedrat (Cricetomys ansorgei) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is distributed in the savannah of East and Southern...
The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat and Norwegian rat, is a widespread...
species of rat, like the Gambian pouchedrat, of which extensive morphological investigations have been conducted. Aspects including ratpouch musculature...
tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus carletoni Ellerman's tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus ellermani Daniel's tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus danieli Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat, Eliurus...
(November 2013 – January 2022) was a Gambian pouchedrat (Cricetomys ansorgei) that worked as a HeroRAT sniffing out landmines in Cambodia for the non-governmental...
giant pouchedrat (Cricetomys kivuensis) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Emin's pouched rat...
species Pouchedrat, African rodent characterized by large cheek pouches All pages with titles beginning with Pouch All pages with titles containing Pouch Bursar...
department of evolutionary biology of the University of Antwerp, the Gambian pouchedrat was determined to be the best candidate due to its longevity and African...
The Malagasy giant rat (Hypogeomys antimena), also known as the votsotsa or votsovotsa, is a nesomyid rodent found only in the Menabe region of Madagascar...
The South African pouched mouse or southern African pouched mouse (Saccostomus campestris) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae, which is viewed...
coprophagy. The African pouchedrat forages on the surface, gathering anything that might be edible into its capacious cheek pouches until its face bulges...
century. Pet rats are typically variants of the species brown rat, but black rats and giant pouched rats are also sometimes kept. Pet rats behave differently...
are relatively rare and have restricted geographic distributions. The link rat, Deomys ferugineus, has been traditionally placed in this subfamily, but...
the outbreak was traced to three species of African rodents (Gambian pouchedrat, dormice, rope squirrels) imported from Ghana on April 9, 2003, into...
suggests that it may be more closely related to Grandidier's tufted-tailed rat than to other species of the closely related genus Eliurus. The northern...
rabbits. More unlikely prey items, such as tree monkeys, the Gambian pouchedrat, the brush-tailed porcupine, and even the small royal antelope have been...
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