Bandicota

Bandicota; Temporal range:Holocene
	Lesser bandicoot rat(Bandicota bengalensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

Bandicotais agenusofrodentsfromAsiaknown as thebandicoot rats.Their common name and genus name are derived from theTelugu languagewordpandikokku(పందికొక్కు). DNA studies have found the group to be a monophyletic clade sister to the radiation ofMoluccaand AustralianRattusspecies as part of theparaphyleticRattussensu lato.^[2]

Species

Greater bandicoot rat(B. indica)Bechstein, 1800
Lesser bandicoot rat(B. bengalensis)Gray and Hardwicke, 1833
Savile's bandicoot rat(B. savilei)Thomas, 1916

References

^Wilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.).Johns Hopkins University Press.ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC 62265494.
^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.

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[1] Wilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(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.

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