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Apr 26, 2021 05:00 AM EDT
According to scientists, giant cloud rats once roamed the Earth thousands of years ago. They believe humans played a part in the extinction of the now-extinct creatures, which were furry with large, bushy tails.
The findings of the study were published in the Journal of Mammalogy.
Bushy Tailed Ancient Rodents
(Photo : Julan Shirwod Nueva on Wikimedia Commons)
Scientists have found that cute furry, bushy-tailed rodents twice the size of gray squirrels once roamed the Earth thousands of years ago.
Since the rodent went extinct a few thousand years ago, the fossilized bones of this giant cloud rat population were discovered in a network of caves in the Philippines.