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 ...

The world's biggest rat in terms of length is the Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), which reaches 3ft (0.9 metres) long, including the tail, which makes up half of its total length.

Object Details Collector A. Elbl Record Last Modified 24 Mar 2020 Specimen Count 1 Collection Date 3 Jun 1962 Other Numbers Mammals Field Number : E 600 USNM Number 340917 Preparation Skin Skull Sex ...

Object Details Collector R. E. Vaden Microhabitat Description Village trees Record Last Modified 14 Feb 2020 Specimen Count 1 Collection Date 14 Jun 1969 Accession Number 279834 Other Numbers Mammals ...

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 ...

Besides the well-known inotropic effects of vanadium in cardiac muscle, previous studies have shown that vanadate can stimulate cell growth or induce cell death. In this work, we studied the toxicity ...

Serological and molecular characterization of leptospira serovar Kenya from captive African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) from Morogoro Tanzania. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 41: 117-121.