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See the First Photos and Videos of the Rare Subalpine Woolly Rat, a Massive but Elusive Rodent in New Guinea's Mountains
The subalpine woolly rat lives high in the mountains of New Guinea, where it spends its nights searching for plants to eat ...
Elusive woolly rat photographed for the first time
The New Guinean woolly rat doesn’t make itself easy to find, but Czech Academy of Sciences doctoral candidate František ...
Live Science on MSN1d
33-inch-long 'woolly' mountain rat caught on camera for first time ever
The world's second-biggest rat species — a gargantuan woolly beast — was caught on camera in the mountains of New Guinea.
Giant 33.5-Inch-Long Woolly Rat Photographed For The First Time Ever
It took six months of searching on the island of New Guinea, but the gigantic Subalpine Woolly Rat (Mallomys istapantap) has ...
Terrifying new 2.5ft long giant rat as big as a cat discovered by stunned scientist
The subalpine woolly rat, measuring a whopping 2.7ft in length, has been discovered in the highlands of Papua New Guinea - ...
IFLScience on MSN1d
Meet The Subalpine Woolly Rat, Photographed And Documented In The Wild For The First Time
Some species across the world are known only from museum specimens. Sadly, for some, the information we know from the museums ...
Irish Mirror on MSN12h
Stunned scientist makes terrifying discovery of giant rat nearly three feet long and big as a cat
The subalpine woolly rat, measuring a whopping 2.7ft in length, has been discovered in the highlands of Papua New Guinea - and has been caught on camera for the first time ...
Giant 'rat as big as a cat' with three-inch claws and sharp incisors caught on camera
The colossal species of rat, known as the subalpine woolly rat, has been discovered in Papua New Guinea and is more than ...
The mysterious Giant Woolly Rat: Largest rodent in Australia and Oceania documented for first time
A six-month expedition to the tropical island of New Guinea has led to a remarkable discovery by a young Czech doctoral ...
Massive ‘giant woolly RAT’ triple the size of regular rodent found as enormous creatures dubbed ‘largest in the world’
A RARE species of giant woolly rat has been documented in photos and video footage for the first time ever. The elusive, nocturnal Subalpine Woolly Rat, or Mallomys istapantap, can be found high ...
Irish Sun1d
Massive ‘giant woolly RAT’ triple the size of regular rodent found as enormous creatures dubbed ‘largest in the world’
A RARE species of giant woolly rat has been documented in photos and video footage for the first time ever. The elusive, nocturnal Subalpine Woolly Rat, or Mallomys istapantap, can be found high ...