Look for a breeder because they're pretty hard to find. :)
There are 3 main types of domestic rat. ~ Brown rat/Lab rat: Rattus Norvegicus ~ Black Rat: Rattus Rattus ~ Gambian Pouched Rat: Cricetomys gambianus Depends if you want a big rat, medium rat, or small rat. The Gambian isn't available everywhere. The Brown rat is a very common one, & there's a few variations. Do some research on each, & see which is of interest.
The African Giant Pouched Rat PCH Giant Gambian Pouch Rat
Importing them is illegal, but not keeping them as pets or breeding them as such. The ban on keeping them as pets was lifted in 2008.
African Gambian Pouched Rats
GambianRats.net is a popular website based out of Iowa where Gambian Rats are bred and distributed.
African Pouched Rat.
No. The kangaroo rat is not a pouched mammal, or marsupial. The kangaroo rat is completely unrelated to the marsupil known as the kangaroo; nor is it related to the rat-kangaroo, the smaller species of kngaroos.
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The python, Asian carp and Gambian Pouch Rat.
African Pouched Rats are so-called because of their large cheek pouches where they store food, similar to the American squirrel.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Cricetomys gambianus.
I have read that the importation of foreign rodents is prohibited in Australia but they are allowed in Canada and as far as i believe there is quite a few breeders there.