Giant rat
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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) and may refer to:
Africa[edit]
- Gambian pouched rat, Cricetomys gambianus
- Giant pouched rat, genus Cricetomys
- Malagasy giant rat, Hypogeomys antimena
Asia and New Guinea[edit]
- 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
- Woolly rats, genus Mallomys
- Large bamboo rat, Rhizomys sumatrensis
South America[edit]
- Coypu, nutria, or river rat,. Myocastor coypus
- Capybara, genus Hydrochoerus
- Woolly giant rat, Kunsia tomentosus
- Fossorial giant rat, Kunsia fronto
Extinct species[edit]
- East Timor giant rat, an extinct species, genus Coryphomys
- Tenerife giant rat, an extinct species, Canariomys bravoi
See also[edit]
- Gigantism, the phenomenon of animals to grow to giant sizes relative to their species
- The Giant Rat of Sumatra, an unwritten Sherlock Holmes story mentioned in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"
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