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The Vangunu giant rat (Uromys vika), locally known as the vika, is a giant arboreal species of rodent in the family Muridae. [2] [3] The rat was discovered in the island of Vangunu in the Solomon Islands in 2015, [4] after years of searching based on local stories, and described in 2017. [5]
Resarchers feared the Vangunu giant rat, native to the forests of the Solomon Islands, had gone extinct. Then they captured images of four of these creatures.
On the southern side of the island, the forests and coastline around the tiny community of Zaira are pristine and unique, providing habitat for at least three vulnerable species of animals: the leatherback turtles, the Vangunu giant rat, and the New Georgia monkey-faced bat. The latter two are only found in this location. [3]
They are known as the giant naked-tailed rats. There are eleven species in the genus, with the most recent described in 2017. ... Vangunu giant rat, Uromys vika ...
Eight giant African pouched rats were able to detect four wildlife samples from 146 non-target items during this four-year study.
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 ...
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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 ...