Fossorial giant rat
Gyldenstolpia fronto
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Mammals
The fossorial giant rat is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina and Brazil but was determined extinct following a recent assessment of the conservation status of sigmodontine rodents. Its natural habitat is assumed to be dry savanna, but there have been no ecological details reported.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Gyldenstolpia