One of the scientists told CNN:
"We can give an educated guess that the rodent would have been 3 meters long -- assuming that it was similar to a Capybara (the largest rodent alive today) and taking it into account that large mammals generally have relatively smaller heads. It's tail probably was closer to the one of capybara or guinea pig (very short) and not like a rat," Ernesto Blanco says.
It’s believed that the rodent, named Josephoartigasia monesi, was an herbivore and existed between two and four million years ago.
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Sources- Guardian UK, Associated Press, CNN, Reuters
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