Maned rat
| African crested rat Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Lophiomyinae Milne-Edwards, 1867 |
| Genus: | Lophiomys Milne-Edwards, 1867 |
| Species: | L. imhausi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophiomys imhausi Milne-Edwards, 1867 | |
The maned rat or (African) crested rat (Lophiomys imhausi) is a nocturnal, long-haired and bushy-tailed East African rodent that superficially resembles a porcupine. The world's only known poisonous rodent, the maned rat sequesters toxins from plants to fend off predators.