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African crested rat

Lophiomys imhausi

需要看医生不要触摸很少致命，但如果有人碰了或吃了它，要去看医生。

皮肤里有毒吃：植物碰了或吃了有毒，不注射毒液

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

有毒还是有毒液？有毒液的动物通过咬或蜇注入毒液。有毒的动物是碰了或吃了会受害。这一种是碰了或吃了有害的。

生活在

Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya in East Africa1

非洲

首页

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

长度

18 cm到30 cm (7.1 in到1 ft)1

体重

590 g到920 g (1.3 lb到2 lb)1

最高速度

约 5 公里/小时（3.1 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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

African crested rat的照片 — African crested rat。照片：Kevin Deacon。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

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

毒力

皮肤里有毒

它的皮肤有毒。摸、舔或吃都很危险。

它的毒会造成什么？

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

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 严重如果有人碰了或吃了它，要去看医生。死亡非常罕见。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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

如果有人碰了或吃了它

如果有人吃了它，或吃后出现症状：立刻拨打急救电话或中毒急救中心。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果你碰了或吃了它：不要揉眼睛或嘴巴，洗手并就医。

它不是冲着你来的。它的毒只是为了不被吃掉。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

它有多重？

和 8 根香蕉一样重

和 10 块玩具积木排成一排一样长72 秒就能跑完 100 米（最快的人需要 9.6 秒）

African crested rat和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一个在走路的人 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

African crested rat 约 5 公里/小时 (3.1 mph)

一个骑自行车的孩子 约 12 公里/小时 (7.5 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

谣言粉碎机

谣言： The maned rat was believed to be solitary.

真相： 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

给毒液专家

学名: Lophiomys imhausi
类别: 其他有毒动物
家人: Muridae2
排序: Rodentia
大洲: 非洲
宝宝: 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
它在野外过得怎么样: Least Concern1
对人的危险: 3 / 5: 严重3