Giant rat
Appearance
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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
Extinct species
[edit]- East Timor giant rat, an extinct species, genus Coryphomys
- Tenerife giant rat, an extinct species, Canariomys bravoi
- Fossorial giant rat, Kunsia fronto
Fictional characters
[edit]- The Giant Rat of Sumatra, a giant rat featured in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Kingdok, a primary antagonist in the Bone series of comics