Bandicota

Bandicota
Temporal range: Holocene
Lesser bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Bandicota
Gray, 1873
Type species
Mus giganteus
Species

Bandicota bengalensis
Bandicota indica
Bandicota savilei

Bandicota is a group of rodents from Asia called bandicoot rats. Their common name and scientific name come from a word in the Telugu language, pandikokku (పందికొక్కు). DNA studies show that Bandicota forms a single family group closely related to some species of rats found in the Moluccas and Australia. They are part of a larger group called Rattus sensu lato.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ↑ THOMSON, VICKI; WIEWEL, ANDREW; CHINEN, ALDO; MARYANTO, IBNU; SINAGA, M. H.; HOW, RIC; APLIN, KEN; SUZUKI, HITOSHI (2018-08-15). "A perspective for resolving the systematics of Rattus, the vertebrates with the most influence on human welfare". Zootaxa. 4459 (3): 431–452. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 30314119.