Biology:Nesokia
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Short description: Genus of rodents
Nesokia Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
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Short-tailed bandicoot rat (Nesokia indica) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Rattini |
Genus: | Nesokia Gray, 1842 |
Species | |
Nesokia bunnii |
Nesokia is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to West Asia and Central Asia known as the short-tailed bandicoot rats.
Species
Genus Nesokia - short-tailed bandicoot rats:
- Short-tailed bandicoot rat (Nesokia indica) Gray, 1842
- Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat (Nesokia bunnii) (Khajuria, 1981)
References
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1415-1416. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001593.
Wikidata ☰ Q930095 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesokia.
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