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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephoartigasia_monesi
>J. monesi replaced Phoberomys pattersoni, a related and somewhat older species that lived in Venezuela during the Late Miocene, as the largest rodent. However, size comparisons are difficult because previous estimates of 400 and 700 kg (880 and 1,540 lb) for P. pattersoni were based on fore and hind limb elements, which are not present in the J. monesi specimen
>By comparing the skull with various extant species of rodents, the authors of the original paper estimated a mass between 468 and 2,586 kg (1,032 and 5,701 lb), with a median estimate of 1,211 kg (2,670 lb