Author Archives: Bryan McLean

About Bryan McLean

Biologist studying mammalian phylogeny, morphology, comparative biology, and macroevolution.

The Carnivorous Rodents of Southeast Asia

Posted on 15 February, 2016 by Bryan McLean

Whoa, Wallace. There be carnivorous rats on those islands. Sixty-two species, to be exact, across the broader Indo-Australian Archipelago. Among them are small- and large-bodied rats, worm-eaters with elongated snouts (“vermivores”), and even amphibious forms (Fig. 1), and they are … Continue reading →

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