Fig. 1.
From: A cornucopia of research resources for the fourth rodent malaria parasite species
Photos of a thicket rat Grammomys surdaster from an active colony. Unlike the short tails of domestic lab mice which can be used to pick them up, thicket rats have very long tails which provide traction and enable the rodents to escape capture by twirling and twisting around. Photos courtesy of Dr. Patrick Duffy and Ms. Lynn E. Lambert, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Laboratory of Malaria Immunology and Vaccinology, Rockville, MD, USA