“Babe, wake up, new panda rat just dropped!”: Meet the Northern Luzon Cloud Rat

Petr Hamerník - Zoo Praha; Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat, Prague Zoo CC BY-SA 4.0

Here’s my latest installment in my ongoing series, “Cute Animals You Should Know”: the Northern Luzon cloud rat. The adorable ratty creature is endemic to the northern section of Luzon, the Philippines’ largest island. Looking at it, you might not recognize it as a rat, as…