I think a lot of the misinformation on this subject has a lot to do with the origional web page quoted in this thread "Natal Multimammate Rat" While it does appear to be very well written, I see no references. I see no links to where these "facts" were obtained. If you do a web search on ASF's, you will find the web page listed above, and you will also find MANY other write-ups that were obviously written using this web page as its source.

Not trying to hijack the thread or anything.... But as carriers of the plague, and all these other horrible things... How did ASF's get into the country in the first place? Should I be wearing a hazardous materials suite when I go into my garage???