František Vejmelka with a subalpine woolly rat (Mallomys istapantap). This is the first time the species has been scientifically recorded in the wild. (Photo: František Vejmelka)
One of the world's largest rats has finally been captured on camera, nearly forty years after it was first discovered.
Known as the subalpine woolly rat (Mallomys istapantap), these huge rats can reach lengths of 33.5 inches (85 centimeters) from tail tip to nose and weigh up to 4.4 pounds (2 kilograms).
The species was first described in 1989 from museum specimens, but has never been photographed or observed in the wild until now.
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