Bandicota
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| Bandicota Temporal range: Recent |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Bandicota Gray, 1873 |
| Species | |
Bandicota is a genus of rodent from Asia. They are known as the bandicoot rats.
[edit] Species
Genus Bandicota - bandicoot rats
- Lesser Bandicoot Rat, Bandicota bengalensis Gray and Hardwicke, 1833
- Greater Bandicoot Rat, Bandicota indica Bechstein, 1800
- Savile's Bandicoot Rat, Bandicota savilei Thomas, 1916
[edit] References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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