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The creatures — “one of the world’s rarest rodents” — is at least two times the size of common rats, researchers said. ‘Giant coconut-cracking rat’ photographed for first time in ...
Disturbing footage has emerged from a New York City apartment complex that residents say is overrun by unusually large rodents. Multiple people living at the Claremont Consolidated Houses in the ...
Rank Common name Scientific name Status Maximum body mass [kg (lb)] Image Notes 1: Giant pacarana: Josephoartigasia monesi: Fossil: 500 kg (1,100 lb)
Coryphomys is an extinct genus of rats, known from sub-fossils found on Timor. Its name is Greek for "top-of-the-head mouse" or "summit mouse". Species include Coryphomys buhleri and Coryphomys musseri. [1] Archaeological research on East Timor has revealed the bones of rats weighing up to 6 kilograms (13.2 pounds) when adult [citation needed ...
The woolly giant rat is an exceptionally large rat, it's very big and the largest living species of sigmodontine rodent, with short limbs and powerful claws. Nonetheless, individuals vary considerably in size, ranging from 19 to 29 cm (7.5 to 11.4 in) in head-body length, with a relatively short tail 15 to 20 cm (5.9 to 7.9 in) long.
Eight giant African pouched rats were able to detect four wildlife samples from 146 non-target items during this four-year study.
Megaoryzomys curioi, also known as the Galápagos giant rat, [2] is an extinct species of sigmodontine rodent, known only from Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Islands. It likely met its demise when European settlers introduced invasive species to the island.
The Cambodian government is training giant rats to detect land mines after seeing the results of a similar program done in Africa. Bart Weetjens started the Belgian nonprofit APOPO, to train ...