Unlike hamsters, white-tailed rats do not have cheek pouches.

Seeds are eaten by Giant White-tailed Rats on the tree and the ground.

Another of the few animals that can eat the fruit is the White-tailed Rat (Uromys caudimaculatus).

The common name of this species has long been white-tailed rat or giant white-tailed rat.

The white-tailed rat is restricted to savannas and grasslands of South Africa and Swaziland.

Mystromyinae (white-tailed rat)

White-tailed Rat, Mystromys albicaudatus (scientific name)

Such alternate arrangement include the pouched rats in the family Muridae, and the white-tailed rat in the family Cricetidae.

The Masked White-tailed Rat (Uromys hadrourus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

They are members of the family Nesomyidae, which contains other African muroids such as climbing mice, Malagasy mice, and the white-tailed rat.

Descriptive English common names for this species include Masked White-tailed Rat and Thornton Peak Uromys.

The white-tailed rat, Mystromys albicaudatus, also known as the white-tailed mouse, is the only member of the subfamily Mystromyinae in the family Nesomyidae.

Malagasy rats and mice, climbing mice, African rock mice, swamp mice, pouched rats, and the white-tailed rat are in this family.

This species is sometimes placed in the subfamily Cricetinae due to similarities in appearance between the white-tailed rat and hamsters, but molecular phylogenetic studies have confirmed that the two groups are not closely related.

The giant white-tailed rat (Uromys caudimaculatus) is an Australian rodent native to tropical rainforest of north Queensland, with subspecies occurring in New Guinea and the Aru Islands.

Other predators recorded include the Spotted Wood Owl on Rasa Island in the Philippines; the Amethystine Python, Black Butcherbird and rodents including the Giant White-tailed Rat in Cape York; and Brushtail Possum on Kangaroo Island.