Basil Smith: West Indies Giant Rice Rat

Artist: Basil Smith
1925 -
Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1991
Image Size: 7 by 5.75 inches
Overall Size: 10 by 8.75 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Hot Press Illustration Board

More than three hundred sixty species of New World Rats have been documented by biologists, but the West Indies Giant Rice Rat is one of the few which has fallen into the abyss of extinction. Originallay found on islands of the West Indies, the huge rat was heavily impacted and finally eliminated by the unintentional introduction of hardier rats and by man's extermination efforts.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the Grenada Grenadines 5¢ Giant Rice Rat stamp issued April 3, 1990.

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