Giant Rat, Tiny Possum Discovered in Indonesian Jungle
Monday, December 17, 2007
(Above, Martua Sinaga, a Mammalogist, holds a 3-pound (1.4-kilogram) giant rat.) American and Indonesian scientists discoveries a giant rat and a tiny possum that are believed be a newly found species. The rat and a tiny possum, described as one of the worlds smallest marsupials, were found in Indonesia's Foja Mountains, Conservation International said Monday."The giant rat is about five times the size of a typical city rat," said Kristofer Helgen, a scientist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, according to CI's press release. "With no fear of humans, it apparently came into the camp several times during the trip."Link
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