African crested rat
The African crested rat is a large, nocturnal rodent with long hair and a bushy tail. It looks a little like a porcupine. It lives in East Africa, where it is the world's only known poisonous rodent, coating itself in plant toxins to keep predators away.1

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya
- Large, nocturnal rodent with long, silver and black-tipped guard hairs over a woolly grey and white undercoat1
- A mane of longer black-and-white banded hairs runs from the top of the head to just beyond the base of the tail1
- A broad, white-bordered strip of glandular skin sits beside the mane, and it becomes visible when the animal is threatened1
- Bushy tail and short black fur on the face and limbs1
- Superficially resembles a porcupine1
Ike nsị
Akpụkpọ ahụ ya nwere nsị. Ọ dị egwu imetụ ya aka, iracha ya ma ọ bụ iri ya.
Gịnị ka nsị dị n'ahụ ya na-eme?
This animal is poisonous rather than venomous, so it does not bite or sting to inject poison. It smears poison from the bark of the poison arrow tree onto the hairs of its glandular skin patch. A predator that bites it can be sickened or even killed by this poison.1
Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Ọ dị njọỌ bụrụ na mmadụ metụ ya aka ma ọ bụ rie ya, gaa n'ebe dọkịta. Ọnwụ anaghị adịkarị ma ọlị.Its poison is a risk to predators that try to bite it. The rat itself is not harmed by the toxins it stores.1
Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?
When threatened or excited, the mane stands up and the glandular strip parts, exposing the skin that carries the poison.1
Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ metụrụ ya aka ma ọ bụ rie ya
- Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ riri ya ma ọ bụ nwee mgbaàmà mgbe o risịrị ya: kpọọ nọmba mberede gị ma ọ bụ ụlọ ọrụ ndụmọdụ nsị (poison centre) ozugbo.
Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ
Nọrọ na nchekwa
- Emetụla anụ ọhịa aka, ejidela ya, emekwala ya ihe ọjọọ, ọbụna obere, ọbụna ma ọ dị ka ọ na-ehi ụra ma ọ bụ nwụọ anwụ.
- Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
- Ọ bụrụ na i metụrụ ya aka ma ọ bụ rie ya: ehichala anya gị ma ọ bụ ọnụ gị, saa aka gị, chọọkwa enyemaka ọgwụ.
Ọ naghị achụ gị. Nsị ya dị naanị ka ihe ọ bụla ghara iri ya. Ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ịnọ na nchekwa
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Eziokwu
It is the world's only known poisonous rodent.1
It is the only rodent known to use and store toxins from a different species in nature to protect itself, and it suffers no known harm from them.1
Its stomach has five anatomically distinct sections, a feature found in very few rodents.1
The skull is covered with small bony projections that give it a pebbled look.1
Its large size may allow microbes in its foregut to break down cellulose from plants by fermentation.1
Onye na-ekpughe akụkọ ụgha
Akụkọ ụgha: The maned rat was believed to be solitary.
Eziokwu: It is now known to be somewhat sociable. Several animals are found in the same territory, and they purr and groom one another, so they may form family groups of a male, a female and their young.1
Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị
- Aha sayensị
- Lophiomys imhausi
- Otu
- Anụmanụ ndị ọzọ nwere nsị n'ahụ
- Ezinụlọ
- Muridae2
- Usoro
- Rodentia
- Kọntinent dị iche iche
- Afrịka
- Ụmụ ọhụrụ
- Litters have 1 to 3 young. The young are slightly haired at birth, their eyes open by day 13, and they are weaned by day 40.1
- Otú ọ na-eme n'ọhịa
- Least Concern1
- Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ
- 3 / 5: Ọ dị njọ3
Ebe eziokwu ndị a si
- Maned rat (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lophiomys imhausi (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
- Venom Wiki: ọkwa ihe ize ndụ, nha nkịtị na nchepụta ọsọ bụ nke anyị. Lee otú anyị si achọpụta ha: Otú anyị si atụ ihe ize ndụ.
Eziokwu ọ bụla dị na peeji a nwere nọmba na-egosi ebe o si. Ọ bụrụ na anyị mehiere ihe, ndo, anyị bụ ndị hụrụ anụmanụ n'anya, ọ bụghị akwụkwọ akụkọ sayensị. Gwa anyị na [email protected], anyị ga-edozi ya.
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