Giant rat

The name giant rat has been applied to various species of large rats (or animals that appear similar to large rats) and may refer to:

Africa

 * Gambian pouched rat, Cricetomys gambianus
 * Giant pouched rat, genus Cricetomys
 * Malagasy giant rat, Hypogeomys antimena

Asia and New Guinea

 * Flores giant rat, Papagomys armandvillei
 * Mountain giant Sunda rat, Sundamys infraluteus
 * Giant cloud rats, southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat Phloeomys cumingi and northern Luzon giant cloud rat Phloeomys pallidus
 * White-eared giant rats, western white-eared giant rat, Hyomys dammermani and eastern white-eared giant rat Hyomys goliath
 * Woolly rats, genus Mallomys
 * Large bamboo rat, Rhizomys sumatrensis

South America

 * Coypu, nutria, or river rat,. Myocastor coypus
 * Capybara, genus Hydrochoerus
 * Woolly giant rat, Kunsia tomentosus

Extinct species

 * East Timor giant rat, an extinct species, genus Coryphomys
 * Tenerife giant rat, an extinct species, Canariomys bravoi
 * Fossorial giant rat, Kunsia fronto

Fictional characters

 * The Giant Rat of Sumatra, a giant rat featured in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
 * Kingdok, a primary antagonist in the Bone series of comics