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Flores giant rat, Papagomys armandvillei; 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
Giant pouched rats are only distantly related to the true rats, although until recently they had been placed in the same family, Muridae. [1] Recent molecular studies, however, place them in the family Nesomyidae, part of an ancient radiation of African and Malagasy muroids. The name "pouched rat" refers to their large cheek pouches. The ...
The Gambian pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus), also commonly known as the African giant pouched rat, is a species of nocturnal pouched rat of the giant pouched rat genus Cricetomys, in the family Nesomyidae. It is among the largest muroids in the world, growing to about 0.9 m (3 ft) long, including the tail, which makes up half of its total ...
Eight giant African pouched rats were able to detect four wildlife samples from 146 non-target items during this four-year study.
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.
Giant pacarana: Josephoartigasia monesi: Fossil: 500 kg (1,100 lb) [1] 2: Phoberomys pattersoni: Fossil: 250–700 kg (550–1,540 lb) [2] 3: Capybara: Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris: Extant: 91.2 kg (201 lb) [3] 4: North American beaver: Castor canadensis: Extant: 50 kg (110 lb) 5: Lesser capybara: Hydrochoerus isthmius: Extant: 45.4 kg (100 lb) 6 ...
A rat has for the first time won a British charity's top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honor for searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia. Magawa, a giant African pouched ...
The Flores giant rat (Papagomys armandvillei) is a rodent of the family Muridae that occurs on the island of Flores in Indonesia. [2] It has been recorded in Rutong Protection Forest. The species is found in primary, secondary and disturbed forest over a wide range of elevations. [ 1 ]