Bella and conspiculata are awesome but they are still pretty expensive at what? 2 grand each? Something like that.

Moelendorff's are awesome too. I hope somebody figures them out and establishes a solid group in captivity. That would be an accomplishment.

I like the Bamboo Rats too.

I recently got an adult pair of real Kunasir Island Rats virtually given to me, that are pure Lemke bloodline of old. The Lemke's were supposed to be the pure island ones, not mixed with the mainland form. If I recall correctly the mainland form is brownish grayish, kinda drab and the island ones are sexually dimorphic with one sex being greenish and the other sex bluish. I forget which is which though, lol. I don't want to probe them so I'm just gonna wait till they breed to find out. They remind me of Baird's Rats and so far they are really easy to take care of, aggresive mouse feeders, room temp backround and 80 - 85 hot spot.

What was the point again? Oh yeah everybody likes morphs, nobody just wants a cool species anymore. I kinda feel that way with these Kunasir's. They are a really cool locality variant that was kinda expensive(around $200ea) in the 1990's that has almost gone by the wayside. Actually they might be a very appropriate example because I think the reason they got crossed with the mainland form was because there was albinos. I'm not sure about that though.
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