One of the largest rats to ever be discovered was just discovered in Papua, New Guinea. It weighed about 3.3 lbs and was 32.3 inches long. It was found inside the extinct volcano Mount Bosavi in Southern Highlands province of Papua, New Guinea. Even though this new species is the largest rat ever to be discovered they aren't the largest rodent. Sadly the habitat where these extremely large rats were discovered are found to be very endangered.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/giant.rat.papua/index.html
This is a grand new discovery. I just hope that they won't be used and abused for human pleasures and hopefully environmentalist will do something to help their endangerd habitat.
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