Nesokia

Nesokia is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to West Asia and Central Asia known as the short-tailed bandicoot rats.

Nesokia
Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
Short-tailed bandicoot rat (Nesokia indica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Nesokia
Gray, 1842
Species

Nesokia bunnii
Nesokia indica

Species

Genus Nesokia - short-tailed bandicoot rats:

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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