Educational resources on Bush Rat

Bush Rat or Rattus fuscipes is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Bush Rat

Academic web links for the Bush Rat.

ADW: Rattus: Classification
taxon ... Rattus fuscipes (bush rat)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Rattus.html

ADW: Murinae: Classification
taxon ... Manipur bush rat)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Murinae.html

ADW: Muridae: Classification
Family Muridae (Old World mice and rats, gerbils, whistling rats, and relatives) ... Manipur bush rat)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Muridae.html

coe.fgcu.edu
Bush Rat - quick witted, an accomplis to Rabbit in the theft of the honey. Turttle - quick witted accomplis to Rabbit. Honey guide - a bird who finds the honey, but only sends the
coe.fgcu.edu/students/detschaschell/RabbitMonkeyLion.html

gender roles
...as their natures are perceived to be cool and calm, which is needed for actions like raising children, whereas men are more associated with animals like the bush rat
academics.smcvt.edu/africanart/Arianne/gender%20roles.htm

091_098
House rat told bush rat that pumpkin seeds were in the basket. 218. When a woman grows old, it is as though no wealth were expended in marrying her.
www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/igbo/proverbs/091_098.html

Mammalian Species Accounts
Bush Rat (Rattus fuscipes) Swamp Rat (Rattus lutreolus) Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) Peters' Sac-winged Bat (Balantiopteryx plicata)
www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/msiaccounts.html

rodents
We studied the foraging ecology of Xerus rutilus (the African unstriped ground squirrel), Grammomys dolichurus (African tree rat), Acomys sp. (the spiny mouse), and (bush rat
www.kzoo.edu/pfolio/archive/example/fanson/rodents.htm

MSL, Index of Common Names
Last updated on 31 October 1996. Provide comments about the text to Dwight Moore at mooredwi@esumail.emporia.edu. Return to the home page of the Mammal Image Library.
www.emporia.edu/biosci/msl/mslindco.htm

Togo Peace Corps - Amber Kenny
Bush rat project: I'm still working on this never-ending project, but in a more hands off way. I'm helping the bush rat association create committees that monitor market prices
forest.mtu.edu/pcforestry/resources/studentprojects/kenny.htm