Can't say what animal it is but its definitely not a grasscutter/cane rat

StephenBB:
Is that not the meat that China ate
That's causing everyone to sanitise and quarantine themselves.

Just thinking o!

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pyrex23:


grass cutter is just a bigger version of cane rats..

That's just baby, must cane rats bigger than grass cutter

Treasure28:
What's the name?

You people should stop putting the world in trouble, there is not such thing as bush meat- cow is there, antelope is there, goat dey, fish dey make una leave every other thing - before they name it nigerian virus O! Abeg

[quote author=letitrainnow post=88169457]squirrel[/quot

It is not

it's called "asinko" in Yoruba all those zoologist should know the English name

This cane rat like rock area.

letitrainnow:
squirrel

It is not

5G Wuhan rat

Its called Buster grass!!

Funkyswagzz:
I think it's a pig

Stop thinking nonsense

The name is...Lassa

Treasure28:
What's the name?

øke Belgium aka Belgium rat

if you eat it you die. if it bites you you die

COVID19RAT.

okoroemeka:
not a grass cutters, it's a cane rat ,an animal that moves in groups of 5-12 individuals,if you see one be sure more are lurking around,and has very poor stringy taste.

Cane rat is another name for grasscutter bruv... The animal you are talking about is Gambian pouch rat..

I can see that Nigerians are now coming back to their senses. No more 'kill and eat" mentality for every exotic animal.

Una go get sense by force for this country.

Treasure28:


I have these agric palm trees in my compound. It made itself comfortable on one of its branches.

You shoulda just leave it to live it's life

Nigerians we basically kill n eat just anything

It is called apukpa in Igbo

You are a killer

Guy, this is corono started, u are still killing bush meat u dont know the name and u are asking us for name. This is how chinese ate funny creatures called whatever and the entire world is on pause. I have washed my hands countlessly yet i didnt eat anything. Oga be careful

Confirmedzombie:
This squarely is usually found in igbo land especially on palm trees

Very smart, jumps from one tree to another and very difficult to kill.

Its unsafe to eat this meat as it has a poisonous effects.

This could cause Ebola.
Pls do not eat it

The one in your description is squirrel

Which is smaller than this with more than one color of hair

nanotechy:


There are no gophers in Africa. No moles in Nigeria

saw plenty of them in ijebu ode

LeeSantos:

It's a nutria

No nutria in the entire west africa.

Grasscutter

It resemble that animal with some kind of odour and they move in group too. We call it asingbo, meaning Asin inu Igbo, but other species z that that rat we do see in our compound that has long mouth, Asin

okoroemeka:
not a grass cutters, it's a cane rat ,an animal that moves in groups of 5-12 individuals,if you see one be sure more are lurking around,and has very poor stringy taste.

you're right, we call it ikpukpa in my Ohuhu dialect. If one crosses, more are bound to follow, making it an easy hunt.

okoroemeka:
not a grass cutters, it's a cane rat ,an animal that moves in groups of 5-12 individuals,if you see one be sure more are lurking around,and has very poor stringy taste.

Google says cane rats live by the river

"The cane rat lives by reed-beds and riverbanks in Sub-Saharan Africa. Cane rats can grow to nearly 60 cm (2.0 ft) in length and weigh a little less than 8.5 kg (19 lb)"

I don't think it is

You would have asked the animal its name before killing it

This looks like Capybara.
Grasscutters have very long insisors. Most large cane rats have similar.

Coronavirus

I used to kill the animal in ondo state at our farm we have 2 types of the animal the only difference between the two is that the other one has white color at the middle of its back and living in the forest but this one is known as AWUTA in yoruba language which is (ROCK RAT) and the other one is known as OFAFA in yoruba language which the English name is withheld..
LOL
I couldn't remember the English name anyway

Asin'ko in Yoruba, and bush shrew can be the description in English.