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A new species of rat has been discovered, titled, “Vika” researchers say that it is a foot and a half long and nearly triple the weight of a common black rat. However despite just being discovered they are already endangered. The oversized, tree-dwelling rat lives in the Solomon Islands and scientists have said “Finding them, the scientists who discovered them say, has proved incredibly difficult.” The picture above shows the nuts that the rats eat and what is left behind.Humans are always chopping down trees in the Solomon Islands and with trees being the main habitat of vika, scientists say that the newly-discovered species is also “critically endangered” with an already very small population and a shrinking habitat. That's also amplified by natural predators from birds of prey and cats.Researchers from around the island are encouraging additional scientific surveys of the island by scientific or conservation groups, to see what other animals might be hiding in the branches before the branches themselves disappear.
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