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Mountain giant Sunda rat, Sundamys infraluteus; Giant cloud rats, southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat Phloeomys cumingi and northern Luzon giant cloud rat Phloeomys pallidus; White-eared giant rats, western white-eared giant rat, Hyomys dammermani and eastern white-eared giant rat Hyomys goliath; Woolly rats, genus Mallomys
Rat RuneScape: Rats are commonly found throughout the world of Gielinor, mostly in cities, sewers, and dungeons. [34] They appear in different varieties, including as Giant Rat [35] and Hell-Rat [36]. They play an important role in multiple in-game quests. [37] [38] Rat King Dark Souls 2: A non playable character that offers a covenant to 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)
The woolly giant rat is an exceptionally large rat, 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.
Mallomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. [1] The name of the genus is formed from the Greek μαλλός, mallos, wool, and μῦς, mus, mouse/rat.These very large rats weigh between 0.95 and 2 kilograms (2.1 and 4.4 lb) and are native to highlands in New Guinea. [2]
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 ]
Canariomys is an extinct genus of rodents (Old World rats and mice) that once existed on the islands of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, part of the Canary Islands, Spain.These giant rats could reach a weight of about 1 kg (2.2 lb).
The common name of this species has long been white-tailed rat or giant white-tailed rat.During the 1990s there was a push for such descriptive English common names to be replaced with indigenous Australian names, and accordingly, in 1995 the Australian Nature Conservation Agency published recommendations for the common names of rodents.