Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Vangunu giant rat is the first new species of rodent described from Solomon Islands in over 80 years. The rat was spotted by a ...

An ultra-rare gigantic rat so big that it puts New York City's subway-dwelling rodents to shame has been caught on camera for the first time. Uromys vika, a giant rat known for being "one of the world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ultra-rare gigantic rat so big that it puts New York City's subway-dwelling rodents to shame has been caught on camera for the ...

Examples of camera trap images of Uromys vika recorded during this study in the Zaira Community Resource Management Area, Vangunu Island, Solomon Islands: (a) male at site ZR5; (b) female at site ZR5; ...

An ultra-rare super rodent that could grow to the size of a baby and crack coconuts with its teeth has been captured on camera for the first time. The Vangunu giant rat, or Uromys vika is one of the ...

The Vangunu giant rat is a species that exists only on one of the Solomon Islands. Local residents had deep knowledge of the rat, which researchers had never seen alive. With the help of the ...

People generally fall into one of two camps: rats are cute… or rats are decidedly not cute. But everyone should be able to agree that photos of an extremely rare giant rat are pretty fascinating. The ...

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For the first time, scientists have photographed a large, elusive rat that’s on the brink of extinction. Called the Vangunu giant rat (Uromys vika), the critically endangered species lives on just one ...

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VANGUNU, Solomon Islands (WKRC) - An ultra-rare gigantic rat that's rarely ever seen by humans has finally been caught on camera. The critically-endangered Uromys Vika giant rat, which is one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Vangunu giant rat is a species that exists only on one of the Solomon Islands. Local residents had deep knowledge of the rat, ...