Kunsia

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Giant rats Fossil range: Pleistocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Superfamily: Muroidea Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Tribe: Akodontini Genus: Kunsia Meyen, 1833
Species
Kunsia fronto Kunsia tomentosus

Kunsia is the genus of giant rats. There are two species, both of which are classified as vulnerable by IUCN:

• K. fronto (Fossorial Giant Rat)
• K. tomentosus (Woolly Giant Rat)

[edit] References

• Andrew Duff and Ann Lawson (2004). Mammals of the World: A checklist. A & C Black. ISBN 071366021X.