A story for which the world is not yet prepared
The remains of the largest rat ever found have been unearthed in a cave in East Timor. (Link to abstract, which links to pdf of full paper.) It was in the genus Coryphomys. It weighed 6 kg. It seems to have died out 2000 years ago.
East Timor, hm? Close... very close.
East Timor, hm? Close... very close.