The first photos and video have been taken of a live Laotian rock rat, a rare animal described in a scientific journal for the first time last year. It may be the only living species in its family, which scientists previously believed went extinct 11 million years ago. More....

More Photos of the rock rat

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• Science abstract
• New York Times
• BBC
• MSNBC
• FSU Headlines (June 21)

• What is a Laotian rock rat?
• Reclassifying the rock rat
• Images from Carnegie Museum of Natural History
• Mary Dawson, CMNH