The King Rat (Uromys rex) is a species of giant naked-tailed rat, rodents in the family Muridae endemic to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. It is found in the Poha valley on Guadalcanal in the Solomons. It lives in trees. It is larger than Uromys porculus but smaller than Uromys imperator.
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“The first wrote, Wine is the strongest. The second wrote, The king is strongest. The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth beareth away the victory.”
—Apocrypha. 1 Esdras, 3:10-12.
Referring to “three young men” of the bodyguard of Darius, king of the Persians, competing for his favor.
“When a rat crosses a street, everyone shouts and beats it.”
—Chinese proverb.