Kunsia

Taxobox
name = Giant rats
fossil_range = Pleistocene - Recent
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
superfamilia = Muroidea
familia = Cricetidae
subfamilia = Sigmodontinae
tribus = Akodontini
genus = "Kunsia"
genus_authority = Meyen, 1833
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Kunsia fronto"
"Kunsia tomentosus"

"Kunsia" is the genus of giant rats. There are two South American species, both of which are classified as vulnerable by IUCN:

*"K. fronto" (Fossorial Giant Rat)
*"K. tomentosus" (Woolly Giant Rat)

References

*BookReferenceDuffLawsonMammals