"rat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Rodent species include cane rat, giant rat, and porcupine.
- At those places, bushmeat from relatively prolific species, such as cane rats, could be sold, but people selling meat from endangered species would be punished.
- Although this species hunting is little known, the most common prey is the long-haired rat and the cane rat.
- In the savanna area of West Africa, people have traditionally captured wild cane rats and fattened them in captivity.
- The fossilized remains of vertebrates found with the hominids, including the cane rat, further suggest such an environment.
- However, the peoples of the region also utilize the cane rat as a potential food source (as bushmeat), considering the meat a delicacy.
- Rodents like porcupines or cane rats Some of these animals are endangered or otherwise protected, and thus it is illegal to hunt them.
- Although once diverse, this infraorder is now restricted to the two species of cane rats, the Dassie Rat, and the blesmols.
- However, margays do sometimes hunt on the ground, and have been reported to eat terrestrial prey, such as cane rats and guinea pigs.
- Both morphological and molecular studies suggest the closest living relatives to the dassie rats are the African cane rats in the family Thryonomyidae.
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