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'''''Josephoartigasia''''' is an extinct [[rodent]] genus related to the living [[pacarana]]. In 1987 a skull was found in Uruguay. The size of it, about 20 inches, indicates that the animal was the largest rodent ever found. The anmimal, which lived about 4 million years ago, probably had the size of a bull. |
'''''Josephoartigasia''''' is an extinct [[rodent]] genus related to the living [[pacarana]]. In 1987 a skull was found in Uruguay. The size of it, about 20 inches, indicates that the animal was the largest rodent ever found. The anmimal, which lived about 4 million years ago, probably had the size of a bull. |
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Artikel in New York Times: [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/science/17rat_web.html?ref=science] |
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[[Category:Hystricognath rodents]] |
[[Category:Hystricognath rodents]] |
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Josephoartigasia is an extinct rodent genus related to the living pacarana. In 1987 a skull was found in Uruguay. The size of it, about 20 inches, indicates that the animal was the largest rodent ever found. The anmimal, which lived about 4 million years ago, probably had the size of a bull.
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Artikel in New York Times: [1]
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