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esele-ya-ndako
e-se-le-ya-NDA-ko
rat / domestic mouse
French: rat domestique / souris
Esele-ya-ndako alei mampa na mesa.
The house rat ate the bread on the table.
Le rat domestique a mangé le pain sur la table.
Esele-ya-ndako — literally "squirrel of the house." The domestic rat or house mouse. Distinct from the wild esele (squirrel); the compound signals this animal has moved into human spaces. A pantry pest across all of urban Congo; also associated with the spread of leptospirosis.
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