Giant rat

The term giant rat has been applied to various species of large rodents. They tend to be native to tropical and sub-tropical locations. Some have flourished in other climates, including the Coypu and the Gambian pouched rat, which have both become invasive species. Giant rats have also figured in popular fiction, where they are often portrayed as monster-like creatures.

A Giant pouched rat (Genus: Cricetomys)

By continent and country

The following are examples of giant rats and/or rodents.

Africa

Asia and New Guinea

South America

Coypu, or nutria
Capybara
Woolly giant rat
Fossorial giant rat
The Giant Rat ^[1]

By conservation status

Extinct species

Giant rats in fiction

Fictional giant rats appear as monsters in fiction, role-playing games, computer games, and other venues of fantasy:

The Giant Rat of Sumatra is mentioned in passing in The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, a Sherlock Holmes story written by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1924. Doyle referred to the rat's tale as "a [spooky] story for which the world is not yet prepared," and this has given rise to dozens of subsidiary homages, pastiches, and literary references in other works of fiction, which are listed in detail on the Giant Rat of Sumatra page.
The Rats is a 1974 horror novel by British writer James Herbert in which giant rats are the antagonists.
"Rodents of Unusual Size" are noted in The Princess Bride.
The British sci-fi television series, Doctor Who, featured the Fourth Doctor being pursued in the London sewers by a giant rat in the 1977 serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
Rat Movie: Mystery of the Mayan Treasure" from 2014, a giant rat is depicted as making all of the rules. This giant rat, when killed, is immediately replaced by another nearby rat.
Rat Movie 2: The Movie "A giant rat is a main character in the critically acclaimed films Rat Movie: Mystery of the Mayan Treasure and Rat Movie 2: The Movie."

References

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