What is the technical name for the rodent that lived with Gallotia goliath on the island of Tenerife?
Tenerife giant rat The Tenerife giant rat ("Canariomys bravoi") is an extinct species of rodent endemic to the island of Tenerife, the largest of the Canary Islands, Spain. Many remains have been found during archeological digs. Most remains are from the Pleistocene. Radiocarbon dating has placed some of the finds in the late Pleistocene.
Flores giant rat The Flores giant rat ("Papagomys armandvillei") is a rodent of the family Muridae that occurs on the island of Flores in Indonesia. It has been recorded in Rutong Protection Forest. The species is found in primary, secondary and disturbed forest over a wide range of elevations. Head and body length is 41 - and tail length is 33 - , making it at least twice the size of an average brown rat ("Rattus norvegicus") with a 25 cm long body and 15 cm long tail. The only extant species in the genus "Papagomys", the rat was given its Latin name after Dutch Jesuit missionary Kornelis J. F. le Cocq d'Armandville who was stationed in the Dutch East Indies and later in New Guinea.