Forest Giant Pouched Rat
Cricetomys emini
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
Emin's pouched rat, also known as the African pouched rat, is a large rat of the muroid superfamily. It is related to Cricetomys gambianus, the Gambian pouched rat. Both species belong to Cricetomys, the genus of the giant pouched rats.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Nesomyidae
- Genus
- Cricetomys