This is the largest rat I've ever seen in my entire life.
, London resident
“They’re increasingly being kept as pets because they tame quite nicely,” she said. “It’s extremely unlikely this was not someone’s pet,” she added.
![A Gambian pouched rat found in Florida (FWS and Wildlife Services)](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theepochtimes.com%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F03%2F11%2F11h1h23h2.jpg&w=1200&q=75)
Guinness World Records doesn’t have a record for the world’s longest rat.
The largest species of rat, however, is the slender-tailed cloud rat found on Luzon in the Philippines.
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The tree-climbing rodent can get to be as large as 3.3 feet in length.