A prominent tuft of spiny hair on the back, a white tail tip and three pairs of teats represent the unique set of characteristics describing a new genus of rat which has been discovered in the ...

A new genus and species has been discovered on a remote, mountainous island in Indonesia. This new discovery is the third new genus described by this group of scientists since 2012, and identifies a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Hog-nosed shrew rat (Hyorhinomys stuempkei) is a carnivorous rodent discovered by a team of scientists from Louisiana State University’s Museum ...

Spending its days foraging among the roots of trees, the slender rat has long escaped the querulous gaze of scientists. But no longer: an international research team discovered the rat, which goes by ...

A new mammal species known as the slender root rat has been discovered on an Indonesian island by an Australian scientist and his colleagues. The rat is about 30 centimetres in length including its ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown mammal, the hog-nosed rat, with features that have not been seen by scientists before. Hyorhinomys stuempkei is a species of mammal previously ...

In Photo: A mossy forest on Mount Bali—it hosts a diverse group of endemic mammals. BATS and rodents, more commonly called rats, mouse or mice, are “unwelcomed” guests in the city. In the wild, ...