https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/fossil-teeth-reveal-biggest-asian-rodentContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/fossil-teeth-reveal-biggest-asian-rodenthttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/fossil-teeth-reveal-biggest-asian-rodent#u200057Sat, 14 Nov 2026 06:41:03 +0000Researchers have identified a new species of giant rodent, Yakamys sirindhornae, from two fossilized teeth found in a Krabi Province coal mine in southern Thailand. The animal lived approximately 34 to 35 million years ago during the late Eocene and is estimated to have weighed about 66 pounds (30 kilograms). This makes it the largest known rodent from Asia and predates the evolution of South American giant rodents by tens of millions of years. The discovery shifts the understood timeline and geographic origin of rodent gigantism.Why it mattersRodent gigantism was previously documented primari