Editing Maned rat (section)

==Diet==
Its diet in the wild consists largely of leaves, [[fruit]], and other plant material, but it has been known to eat meat, cereals, root vegetables, and [[insect]]s in captivity. Food is eaten by sitting on its haunches and using its forepaws to bring food items to its mouth. It is the only species in the super family [[Muroidea]] whose stomach is highly compartmentalized. The stomach contains five anatomically discrete sections that superficially resemble the sacculated configuration characteristic of [[ruminant]] [[Even-toed ungulate|artiodactyls]]. By virtue of its large size and biomass, ''L. imhausi'' may be one of the few muroid rodents that can harbor a symbiotic microflora in the foregut and profit metabolically from gastric fermentation of cellulose.<ref>Jonathan Kingdon, David Happold, Thomas Butynski, Michael Hoffmann, Meredith Happold, Jan Kalina, [https://books.google.com/books?id=B_07noCPc4kC&dq=maned+rat+mammals+of+africa+kingdon&pg=RA2-PA213], ''Mammals of Africa''</ref>