Giant rat species 'twice the size of gray squirrel' once roamed PH, new study shows
Published April 23, 2021, 11:02 PM Giant cloud rat species weighing about a kilogram once roamed the Philippines based on the discovery of a team of scientists from the University of the Philippines (UP), National Museum of the Philippines (NMP), and the US Field Museum of Natural History. In a news posted on the UP website on Friday, April 23, the scientists based their findings on the fossilized remains of the three extinct giant cloud rat species, locally known as “buot” or “bugkun,” which were known to have lived thousands of years ago. The newly recorded fossil species were unear...
Source: mb.com.ph