Endangered Philippine Cloud Rat Discovered

[lastlid]

Yummy....

"MANILA, Philippines - A Czech zoologist reportedly found an extinct mammal species called “Dinagat” (Crateromys aus¬tralis), a bushy-tailed cloud rat which can only be found in Dinagat Island, Southern Leyte.

In the April 18 issue of the Prague Post, Milada Rehakova narrated that her husband, Vaclav Rehak, a programmer, saw a big hairy rat creeping through the vegetation slowly early this year while visiting the Philippines.

A week later, they took the first photographs and video recordings of the rat in the wilderness.

Rehakova, who is also conducting a study on the Philippine tarsier, has been in the Philippines since 2007.

The “Dinagat,” which measures 55 centimeters long including the tail, is one of the largest ro¬dents in the world. It is a nocturnal animal that lives in trees. Experts classify six species in two genera, Crateromys and Phloeomys".
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/358129...rat-discovered

[Dedworth]

It's probably a foe of the purple crab they discovered recently

[grahamw48]

Probably rare because it's been going into the local Adobo for years.

[lastlid]

Probably rare because it's been going into the local Adobo for years.

55 cms is a fair old size.....feed a family on that....