MANILA (AFP) – A new species of rat has been found on a mountain in the southern Philippines, the environment department said on Wednesday.
The Hamiguitan batomys, or hairy-tailed rat, is a yellow-brown rodent with a long furry tail.
Weighing about 175 grams (6.2 ounces), it lives 950 metres (3,117 feet) above sea level in the dwarf mossy forests of Mount Hamiguitan on Mindanao island.
