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Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat
Nesokia indica (Gray, 1830)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nesokia indica (Gray, 1830)
- Name authority
- (Gray, 1830)
- Common name
- Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Nesokia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyMuridae Illiger, 1811
- subfamilyMurinae Illiger, 1811
- genusNesokia Gray, 1842
- speciesNesokia indica (Gray, 1830)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nesokia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Long-tailed NesokiaNesokia bunnii (Khajuria, 1981) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Mus huttoni Blyth, 1846 Blyth, 1846 | synonym |
| Nesokia bailwardi Thomas, 1907 Thomas, 1907 | synonym |
| Nesokia beaba Wroughton, 1908 Wroughton, 1908 | synonym |
| Nesokia boettgeri Radde & Walter, 1889 Radde & Walter, 1889 | synonym |
| Nesokia buxtoni Thomas, 1919 Thomas, 1919 | synonym |
| Nesokia dukelskiana Heptner, 1928 Heptner, 1928 | synonym |
| Nesokia legendrei Goodwin, 1939 Goodwin, 1939 | synonym |
| Meriones myosurus Wagner, 1845 Wagner, 1845 | synonym |
| Nesokia brachyura Büchner, 1889 Büchner, 1889 | synonym |
| Mus hardwickei Gray, 1837 Gray, 1837 | synonym |
| Nesokia bacheri Nehring, 1897 Nehring, 1897 | synonym |
| Nesokia griffithi Horsfield, 1851 Horsfield, 1851 | synonym |
| Nesokia insularis Goodwin, 1940 Goodwin, 1940 | synonym |
| Nesokia scullyi Wood-Mason, 1876 Wood-Mason, 1876 | synonym |
| Nesokia suilla Thomas, 1907 Thomas, 1907 | synonym |
| Nesokia huttoni satunini Nehring, 1899 Nehring, 1899 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Southern Asia
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585422 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:477X2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.