What is this dried animal for sale? I found this image on the Internet, which features an African youngster holding up an animal for sale to a potential customer sitting inside a car. It appears to be some sort of dried and disemboweled animal. ![!\[cropped image]( What is the identity of the animal?

The boy is holding a couple of smoked/barbecued cane rats, also known as "grasscutters". These are commonly hunted as bushmeat in West and Central Africa and have recently been farmed as well.

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