White-tailed Giant Rat
Uromys caudimaculatus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 272
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The giant white-tailed rat (Uromys caudimaculatus) is an Australian rodent native to tropical rainforest of north Queensland, Australia with subspecies occurring in New Guinea and the Aru Islands. It is one of the largest rodents in Australia, reaching up to 1 kg in weight. It is grey-brown above, cream to white below, and has a long, naked tail of which the distal section is white (Moore 1995).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Giant white-tailed rat”.