Giant Rodent Discovered: 3,000 Pounds
A skull that was hidden away for two decades in a museum, has revealed the largest rodent that ever walked the planet. This could really be the “king rat!”
The skull had been donated by an Argentine fossil collector and was recently taken out of storage to reveal a cow sized rodent that waundered rainforests of Uruguay in seach of fruits and berries. The rodent was huge by any standard: approximately 8 feet long, with a skull over 20 inches long and weighing between 1,700 and 3,000 pounds.
Giant Rodent of Uraguay
The beast lived over 4 million years ago in South America and may have been food for saber tooth tigers. Ernesto Blanco, a researcher said: “It’s a beautiful piece of nature. You feel the power of this very big animal behind this”.
Blanco examined the shape of the skull and the gigantic incisors and concluded the animal was definitely a rodent. He also explained the largest rodent alive today is the capibara which can weigh up to 110 pounds.
You can read more about this huge animal here.
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