Huge Rodent Was Bigger than a Bull

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The largest rodent that ever lived weighed a ton or two, scientists revealed today.

The extinct mouse-like critter was larger than a bull.

An amateur paleontologist discovered the exceptionally well-preserved 20-inch-long fossil skull of the gargantuan rodent — dubbed Josephoartigasia monesi — embedded in a boulder on a beach in Uruguay. Scientists estimate this creature lived roughly 4 million years ago in South America, alongside terror birds, saber-toothed cats, giant sloths and massive armored mammals.

J. monesi weighed roughly 2,600 pounds on average, perhaps reaching up to 5,700 pounds.
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Huge Rodent Was Bigger than a Bull | LiveScience

That is one big mouse! :eek
 
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