Bulldog Rat
Extinct circa 1903 CE • Christmas Island
"The Bulldog or burrowing Rat was a very different creature with a distinct ecological niche. . . . Its strong, broad claws were adapted for digging. It was far more localized than Maclear's Rat, being restricted to the hilly interior of the island where it was first collected in 1887."
David Day, The Encyclopedia of Vanished Species (Hong Kong: Mclaren Pub., 1989), 234.
Image: Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
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