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African crested rat

Lophiomys imhausi
Soxla na doktoorBul laalLu néew la mu rey, waaye su kenn laalee ko walla mu lekk ko, demal gis doktoor.
Yeneen rab yu am daŋar ci seen yaram Daŋar ci deramDafay lekk: GàncaxAm daŋar ci yaram, du màtt walla jam
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonSu kenn laalee ko walla mu lekk ko, demal gis doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

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

Am daŋar ci yaram walla am daŋar (màtt walla jam)? Rab yu am daŋar (màtt walla jam) dañuy sóob seen daŋar ci màtt walla ci jam. Rab yu am daŋar ci yaram dañuy lor ku leen laal walla ku leen lekk. Bii, daŋar ci yaram la am.
Dafay dund ci
Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya in East Africa1
Afrig
Kër
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
Guddaay
18 cm ba 30 cm (7,1 in ba 1 ft)1
Diisaay
590 g ba 920 g (1,3 lb ba 2 lb)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 5 km/h (3,1 mph)
Ci suuf, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
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
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy African crested rat
African crested rat. Foto: Kevin Deacon. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Kàttanu daŋar

Daŋar ci deram

Deram am na daŋar. Musiba la ci laal, mar walla lekk.

Lan la daŋar bi ci yaramam di def?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonSu kenn laalee ko walla mu lekk ko, demal gis doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

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

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

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

Su kenn laalee ko walla mu lekk ko

  • Su kenn lekkee ko walla mu am ay màndarga ginnaaw bi mu ko lekkee: woo sa nimerob urgence walla centre antipoison ci saa si.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su nga ko laalee walla nga lekk ko: bul moos say bët walla sa gémmiñ, raxas say loxo te wutal ndimbal doktoor.

Du la wut. Daŋaram nekk na rekk ngir kenn bañ ko lekk. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

African crested rat guddaayam lu tollu ci 30 cm (1 ft)Ab banaana lu tollu ci 18 cm (7,1 in)Ab muusu kër lu tollu ci 50 cm (1,6 ft)

Ni mu diise?

diis na ni 8 banaana
guddu na ni 10 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na daw 100 meetar ci 72 segond (nit ki gën a gaaw soxla na 9,6)

African crested rat ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

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

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: The maned rat was believed to be solitary.

Dëgg: 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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Lophiomys imhausi
Mbooloo
Yeneen rab yu am daŋar ci seen yaram
Njaboot
Muridae2
Toftal
Rodentia
Kontinaa yi
Afrig
Liir yi
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
Ni mu nekke ci àll bi
Least Concern1
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Maned rat (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Lophiomys imhausi (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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