Lophiomys imhausi: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Lophiomys
- Species
- Lophiomys imhausi
- Scientific Name
- Lophiomys imhausi
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Maned rat
The maned rat or African crested rat (Lophiomys imhausi) is a nocturnal, long-haired and bushy-tailed East African rodent that superficially resembles a porcupine. The world's only known poisonous rodent, the maned rat sequesters toxins from plants to fend off predators.
...Lophiomys imhausi in languages:
- Bokmål
- Mankerotte
- Czech
- chlupáč dlouhosrstý
- Dutch
- Manenrat
- English
- Crested Rat
- English
- Maned Rat
- English
- African crested rat
- Finnish
- kapinharjakas
- French
- Rat à crinière
- French
- Hamster d'Imhause
- French
- Hamster d'Imhaus
- French
- Rat à crête
- German
- Mähnenratte
- Polish
- grzywak afrykański
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