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African crested rat

Lophiomys imhausi
E hloka ngakaO se ke wa amaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa haeba motho a e ama kapa a e ja, eya ho ngaka.
Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang Chefo letlalong la yonaE ja: DimelaE chefang, eseng e nang le chefo
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHaeba motho a e ama kapa a e ja, eya ho ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

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

E chefang kapa e nang le chefo? Diphoofolo tse nang le chefo di kenya chefo ka ho loma kapa ka ho hlaba. Diphoofolo tse chefang di kotsi ha o di ama kapa o di ja. Ena ke e chefang.
E phela
Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya in East Africa1
Afrika
Lapeng
It lives in drier highland forests and woodlands, and its range reaches from near sea level in Ethiopia and Somalia. It is often found in rocky areas, in hollow tree trunks and holes along the tops of ravines, and nesting among rocks on cliff faces.1
Bolelele
18 cm ho isa ho 30 cm (7,1 in ho isa ho 1 ft)1
Boima
590 g ho isa ho 920 g (1,3 lb ho isa ho 2 lb)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 5 km/h (3,1 mph)
Naheng, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
In the wild it eats mostly leaves, fruit and other plant material. In captivity it has also been known to eat meat, cereals, root vegetables and insects. It sits on its haunches and uses its forepaws to bring food to its mouth.1
Ka nnete!Foto ya African crested rat
African crested rat. Foto: Kevin Deacon. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Matla a chefo

Chefo letlalong la yona

Letlalo la yona le a chefa. Ho kotsi ho e ama, ho e nyeka kapa ho e ja.

Chefo ya yona (e chefang ha o e ama kapa o e ja) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHaeba motho a e ama kapa a e ja, eya ho ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

Its poison is a risk to predators that try to bite it. The rat itself is not harmed by the toxins it stores.1

E etsang ha e tshohile?

When threatened or excited, the mane stands up and the glandular strip parts, exposing the skin that carries the poison.1

Haeba motho a e amme kapa a e jele

  • Haeba motho a e jele kapa a na le matshwao ka mora ho e ja: letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso kapa setsi sa chefo (poison centre) hang-hang.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba o e amme kapa o e jele: o se ke wa hohla mahlo kapa molomo, hlatswa matsoho mme o fumane thuso ya bongaka.

Ha e o batle. Chefo ya yona e teng feela hore ho se be le letho le e jang. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

Hokae lefatsheng?

AfrikaAsiaYuropaAmerika LeboyaAmerika BorwaAustralia le Oceania

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

African crested rat bolelele ba e ka bang 30 cm (1 ft)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)Katse ya lapeng e ka bang 50 cm (1,6 ft)

E boima hakae?

e boima jwaloka dibanana tse 8
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 10 molenge ka matha metara e 100 ka metsotswana e 72 (motho ya potlakang ka ho fetisisa o hloka 9,6)

African crested rat e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

1

It is the world's only known poisonous rodent.1

2

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

3

Its stomach has five anatomically distinct sections, a feature found in very few rodents.1

4

The skull is covered with small bony projections that give it a pebbled look.1

5

Its large size may allow microbes in its foregut to break down cellulose from plants by fermentation.1

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: The maned rat was believed to be solitary.

Nnete: 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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Lophiomys imhausi
Sehlopha
Diphoofolo tse ding tse chefang
Lelapa
Muridae2
Tatelano
Rodentia
Dikontinente
Afrika
Masea
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
Boemo ba yona naheng
Least Concern1
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Maned rat (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lophiomys imhausi (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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