The African giant pouched rat has an exceptional sense of smell and is a social and intelligent animal that can be trained.

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Knowing what an animal eats can help biologists find it – especially when a species is as elusive as this one.

Carbon dating of teeth fragments found in Brazil reveals that some species persisted for thousands of years longer than ...

But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and super sense of smell, this species has captured the ...