🐭Northern Giant Pouched Rat
The Gambian pouched rat, 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 length. It is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Senegal to Kenya and from Angola to Mozambique from sea level to 2,000 m (6,600 ft). There are also some secluded populations in the south Zimbabwe and in South Africa.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.
- Body mass
- 1.51 kg
- Body length
- 0.41 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 8.39 years
Everything we know about the Northern Giant Pouched Rat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.51 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.41 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass6.57 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan8.39 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 8.4 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length2.85 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity177 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation34 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 34 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Northern Giant Pouched Rat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyNesomyidae
- ›genusCricetomys
- ›speciesCricetomys gambianus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- subfamilyCricetomyinae
- genusCricetomys
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderMyomorpha
- familyNesomyidae
- subfamilyCricetomyinae
- genusCricetomys
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