A big, gentle nocturnal rodent with a long white-tipped tail and cheek pouches it fills with seeds and fruit to carry back to its burrow. Seen crossing paths at night and sometimes caught by the trail cameras.
Did you know?
Trained pouched rats detect landmines and tuberculosis by smell in several African countries.
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