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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. The Giant Rat Was Supposed to Be Extinct.
Vangunu is an island, ... The Vanganu giant rat was documented for the first time in 2017 by Tyrone Lavery, ... This page was last edited on 5 July 2024, ...
Vangunu giant rat, Uromys vika Lavery & Judge, 2017 [2] References This page was last edited on 1 October 2024, at ... This page was last edited on 1 October 2024, ...
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 name giant rat has been applied to various species of large rats (or animals that appear similar to large rats) ... This page was last edited on 3 January 2025, ...