MOROGORO, Tanzania — Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception ...

There's no clear "best sniffer" in the animal kingdom, but one contender is the Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus, a species of African pouched rat), which can be trained to smell landmines ...

African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) could be the next line of defense in the illegal wildlife trade.A team of researchers have trained these three-pound rats to pick up the scent of ...

The African giant rat (aka Gambian pouched rat), or, in scientific parlance, Cricetomys gambianus, is a true rat of the family Muridae and of the order Rodentia. It is no more a marsupial than I am.

Belgian Frank Weetjens holds a Gambian giant pouch rat (Cricetomys Gambianus) at a suspected anti-personnel minefield near the town of Vilancoulos, 450 km north east of the capital of Mozambique.

Six specimens of the giant rat, Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse, one male and five females, were trapped at Amani, a forested area at about 3,000 ft. in the Usambara Mountains of Tanganyika. The ...

The African Giant Pouch rat, Cricetomys gambianus, also known as the Gambian pouch rat, is a nocturnal pouched rat native to Africa. It is the largest rat in the world, growing to be as big as a ...