Giant White-tailed Rat

Order Rodentia; Family Muridae; Scientific name: Uromys caudimaculatus; Common name: Giant White Tailed Rat; Alternative common name: Giant Mosaic-tailed Rat or Giant White Tail Rat – Distribution in Australia: endemic of north-eastern Queensland between top of the Cape York Peninsula Hinchinbrook Island – also three different subspecies are found in Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya and on adjacent islands