Rattusfukus: Difference between revisions

''Rattusfukus'' was a rat-like rodent that when fully grown would reach a length of {{circa}} {{convert|50|cm|ft}}, of which {{circa}} {{convert|20|cm|in}} or just under half of its body length would be tail. Mass estimates for ''Rattusfukus'' generally range from {{circa}} {{convert|180|g|oz}} to {{convert|600|g|lb}}, although Horner ''et al''. suggested in 1998 using calculations based on modern rodents (particularly rats) that statistical outliers weighing more than {{convert|1|kg|lb}} were entirely within the realm of possibility "and more than likely occured".<ref>Horner ''et al''.: ''R. takattaloa and dentition of Rattusfukus'', [[Urceopolis]], pg. 11-14. 1903.</ref> Like other rodents, ''Rattusfukus'' had continuously growing, razor-sharp, open-rooted incisors. Small animals with robust bodies, short limbs, and long tails, ''Rattusfukus'' used their sharp incisors to gnaw food, excavate burrows, and defend themselves. Their diet appears to have consisted mainly of seeds and other plant material. They are presumed to have been social animals based on fossil finds, and many species are thought to have lived in subterranean societies not unlike {{wpl|Prairie dog|prairie dogs}}.<ref>Marella, S.: ''R. Acirii and observations on subterranean living'', [[Trossera]], pg. 4-5. 1919.</ref><ref>[[Guy d'Enserre|d'Enserre]] ''et al''.: ''A pre-paleocene Rattusfukus'', [[University of Collinebourg]], pg. 4-7. 2010.</ref>