Compedium of enigmatic creeping vermin
Compilation of mysterious rats and mice Although in our homes they seem like disgusting and even profane animals. The truth is that rats are one of the most interesting and curious types of mammals that can exist, there being so many species that it is difficult to count them all and among so much variety there are some cases of mysterious rats that were lost in time and today we will analyze some. Guadalcanal rat With the proposed scientific name Uromys porculus, it is a species of rodent endemic to the Solomon Islands, known from a single known specimen, being described in 1904 by Oldfield Thomas. It is only known from one skull, collected between 1886 and 1888, this being clearly elongated and narrow, but its molars are so worn that few details of the crown remain, although it resembles other members of the genus uromys, although its taxonomic status has been subject of debate, being assigned to Uromys and subsequently transferred to Melomys, before being place
