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The target rat is a moderately sized rat-like rodent, with a head-body length of 13 to 17 centimetres (5.1 to 6.7 in) and weighing around 90 grams (3.2 oz). The fur is dark reddish-brown over the back, becoming greyish on the flanks, and fading to pale grey on the underparts. The sparsely
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The target rat is largely nocturnal and feeds on the ground on green vegetable material and fallen fruit, supplementing these with some insects. In addition to moving along the ground, it often climbs into the rainforest understory, although not high into trees. It has been reported to construct
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bristled tail is much longer than the body, being typically 18 to 22 centimetres (7.1 to 8.7 in) in length. Females have six teats. It is so named because it has a number of long dark bristles projecting from its rump which resemble the shafts of arrows in a target. The synonym
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Central Africa at elevations from sea level to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). Its range extends from Togo through Benin and Nigeria to the
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1035:New Guinean jumping mouse (
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904:New Britain water rat (
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272:moist lowland forests.
240:Stochomys longicaudatus
197:Stochomys longicaudatus
1618:Mammals of West Africa
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1080:Cansdale's swamp rat (
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179:S. longicaudatus
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452:(Rodentia: Muridae)"
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276:Description
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24:Target rat
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1154:M. baeodon
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825:B. habbema
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375:References
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261:Stochomys
173:Species:
159:Stochomys
84:Kingdom:
78:Eukaryota
1546:13001820
1494:10226040
1394:Wikidata
1314:See also
1262:M. rajah
1117:Division
1054:Division
1019:Division
969:P. asper
886:Rakali (
869:Hydromys
805:Division
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680:D. defua
661:Dephomys
652:Division
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581:Rodentia
569:Mammalia
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557:Animalia
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51:IUCN 3.1
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1400:Q199019
1199:M. inas
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702:Hybomys
650:Hybomys
587:Muridae
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544:Murinae
336:Burundi
317:to the
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249:Muridae
207:, 1893)
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138:Murinae
128:Muridae
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359:Status
340:Uganda
332:Rwanda
245:rodent
167:, 1926
165:Thomas
1572:87791
1559:34856
1520:20863
1489:IRMNG
1481:45704
1442:6ZVG8
257:genus
1554:NCBI
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496:ISBN
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