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The Gran Canaria giant rat (''Canariomys tamarani'') is an
extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
species of rat endemic to the island of
Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that co ...
( Canary Islands,
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). This rodent is known from Holocene to pre-Hispanic fossil remains found at several places on the island of
Gran Canaria Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, an archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa which is part of Spain. the island had a population of that co ...
, the youngest of which have been dated to shortly before the beginning of the
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. This species was previously listed on the 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as extinct, but was removed from the list because it is now considered to have gone extinct before 1500 AD. The giant rat was herbivorous and terrestrial, with some digging skills and the ability to climb trees. The giant rat's estimated head and body length were respectively 287 mm and 200 mm, and its average bodyweight is believed to have ranged from 750g to 1200g.. Another giant rat of the Canary Islands was the Tenerife giant rat, ''Canariomys bravoi''. It is believed that the arrival of humans and the introduction of feral dogs led to the extinction of both species.


See also

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List of extinct animals This page features lists of extinct species, organisms that have become extinct, either in the wild or completely disappeared from Earth. In actual theoretical practice, a species not definitely located in the wild in the last fifty years of cur ...
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List of extinct animals of Europe This list of European animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the European continent and its surrounding islands. Dependent territories of European countries in other continents, ...


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External links


The Extinction Website
{{Gran Canaria Mammals of the Canary Islands Extinct rodents Canariomys Holocene extinctions Prehistoric murids Endemic fauna of the Canary Islands Fauna of Gran Canaria