World’s largest rodent discovered

A one-ton rodent has been discovered by scientists in Uruguay:

J. monesi‘s skull, a whopping 53 centimetres long, was discovered in a broken boulder on the coast of Uruguay . . .  By comparing the skull’s dimensions to the body sizes of existing rodents, the researchers determined that its owner probably weighed about 1000 kilogrammes, making it the world’s largest known rodent.

This discovery is expanding my modest knowledge of large rodents.

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