🦋 Family

Nesomyidae

2 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Rodentia › Nesomyidae

This is a description of the physical traits, habitat, diet, behavior, and reproduction of the Gambian pouched rat.

Cricetomys ansorgei, the southern giant pouched rat, is a large African rodent used for landmine and tuberculosis detection, and as bushmeat.

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Sciuridae 144 species Cricetidae 53 species Muridae 30 species Heteromyidae 16 species Geomyidae 12 species Caviidae 11 species Dasyproctidae 7 species Dipodidae 6 species

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