See the First Photos and Videos of the Rare Subalpine Woolly Rat, a Massive but Elusive Rodent in New Guinea's Mountains

See the First Photos and Videos of the Rare Subalpine Woolly Rat, a Massive but Elusive Rodent in New Guinea's Mountains

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on Mount Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea

33-inch-long 'woolly' mountain rat caught on camera for first time ever

The world's second-biggest rat species — a gargantuan woolly beast — was caught on camera in the mountains of New Guinea.

Elusive woolly rat photographed for the first time

The 4.4 lbs rodent is native to Papua New Guinea's mountain rainforests.

The mysterious Giant Woolly Rat: Largest rodent in Australia and Oceania documented for first time

A six-month expedition to the tropical island of New Guinea has led to a remarkable discovery by a young Czech doctoral candidate from the Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the University of South Bohemia. František Vejmělka has become the first person to scientifically document in the wild Mallomys istapantap, one of the largest murine rodents in the world. This elusive nocturnal species inhabits the cool, misty montane forest…

33.5-Inch-Long Woolly Rat Photographed For The First Time Ever

iStockphoto It took six months of searching on the island of New Guinea, but the gigantic Subalpine Woolly Rat (Mallomys istapantap) has finally been caught on camera. 30 years after it was last recorded with just a scientific description, Frantisek Vejmelka, a Czech doctoral candidate from the Biology Center of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the University of South Bohemia, became the first person ever to scientifically document the creature…

He lives at night, far from the eyes, in one of the most inaccessible places on the planet. Unseen for decades, however, this rare mammal has finally revealed its presence.