The skull of a black rat (right) compared with a fairly complete skull of a specimen of the extinct Coryphomys musseri (left).
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Muridae
Genus:
†Coryphomys
Species:
†C. musseri
Binomial name
†Coryphomys musseri
Aplin & Helgen, 2010
The Timor giant rat (Coryphomys musseri) is an extinct species of giant rat described in 2010.[2] It is known only from sub-fossils that were found on Timor Island, Indonesia. It is related to the murines of New Guinea and Romania.[1] Archaeological research on East Timor has revealed the bones of rats weighing up to 6 kilograms (13.2 pounds) when adult[citation needed].
In 2015, the discovery of fossils of "seven new species of giant rat", including the "largest rat ever" on the island of East Timor was announced. The biggest of these rats was described as weighing "five kilos (11 pounds), the size of a small dog," and was referred to as the "Giant Rat" in news stories.[3]
^ abWilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1309. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^K. P. Aplin & K. M. Helgen (2010). "Quaternary murid rodents of Timor part I: new material of Coryphomys buehleri Schaub, 1937, and description of a second species of the genus". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 341: 1–80. doi:10.1206/692.1. S2CID 86777116.
^"Giant Rat Species in East Timor Was Largest Ever"
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