Fossorial giant rat
| Fossorial giant rat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Gyldenstolpia |
| Species: | G. fronto
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| Binomial name | |
| Gyldenstolpia fronto (Winge, 1888)
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The fossorial giant rat (Gyldenstolpia fronto) 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.