Nesokia

Nesokia Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
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 indica

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 (eds.). 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.

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