Extinct giant cloud rat species ‘twice the size of grey squirrel’ discovered

An artist’s impression showing what the three new species of fossil cloud rats might have looked like (Velizar Simeonovski/Field Museum)

Scientists have discovered three new species of giant cloud rats that were twice the size of a grey squirrel and roamed the planet tens of thousands of years ago.

Fossilised remains of the extinct creatures were unearthed from a series of caves in the Philippines.