Kivu Giant Pouched Rat

Kivu Giant Pouched RatA seed study in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda, recorded this species carrying and hiding large Carapa grandiflora seeds. A later field key for the same forest describes its coat as gray to dark gray.What does it look like?A 2025 field key for rodents in Nyungwe describes this species as gray to dark gray.How does it live?A seed study in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda, recorded this species carrying and hiding large Carapa grandiflora seeds. A later field key for the same forest describes its coat as gray to dark gray.In a Nyungwe seed-removal study, cameras recorded this species carrying large Carapa grandiflora seeds and hiding them in burrows or caches.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.