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Crested rat (Lophiomys imhausi)


Ignacio Lazagabaster’s finding of the bones of this poisonous mammal in a desert cave suggested a far greener history of the Judean Desert.

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Lazagabaster, I.A. Crested rat (Lophiomys imhausi).
Nat Ecol Evol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03152-9

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