Bandicota bengalensis

(J. E. Gray, 1835)

Lesser Bandicoot Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Rattini
Genus : Bandicota

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1835-02-20. [Part 19, Part 20]. in Gray, J.E. 1832-1835. Illustrations of Indian Zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. II. Adolphus Richter and Co., London, plates pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58221997

Original name as described

Arvicola bengalensis

Other common names

Indian Mole-rat · Sind Rice Rat

Type locality

Bengal, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka · Myanmar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003501

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mus dubius

(Kelaart, 1850)

Family

Muridae

Root name

dubia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1852.5.9.22

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9db3a13e-5de8-4c70-b765-2a0e9ed7b5cc

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus morungensis

(Horsfield, 1855)

Family

Muridae

Root name

morungensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.408

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/03d8eda2-582f-408c-97ef-e39552af3827

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661023

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus plurimammis

(Horsfield, 1855)

Family

Muridae

Root name

plurimammis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.409

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/99124d89-74eb-47cc-800f-070f1735eb0d

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661023

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus tarayensis

(Horsfield, 1855)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tarayensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.426

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0627848-be75-4c6b-af3e-accebb3b9b17

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18661023

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus daccaensis

(R. C. Tytler, 1854)

Family

Muridae

Root name

daccaensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.427

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9bf914e7-bb2d-422a-9be8-2929350ea365

Authority page

173

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659632

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gunomys varius

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

varia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.8.3.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8fcd3c52-b6bd-4ffb-b853-26ab19c05a2f

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413445

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gunomys varillus

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

varillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.8.3.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aa48b24c-6387-406a-bec4-1437a3b33132

Authority page

205

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413446

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gunomys wardi

(Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Muridae

Root name

wardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.7.6.34

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3b2c919f-cc46-4563-be7f-d7b2ebdb1973

Authority page

744

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2223215

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gunomys lordi

(Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.9.13.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/31d69511-9bb0-425a-bef8-9a3e3485e861

Authority page

745

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2223216

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gunomys sindicus

(Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Muridae

Root name

sindica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.9.13.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a6d48347-90dd-46cb-ab5b-2987fc5f3243

Authority page

746

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2223217

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gunomys kok insularis

(W. W. A. Phillips, 1936)

Family

Muridae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.10.6.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/87f12ef5-e8e4-4112-82ce-86d01419bfc5

Authority page

93-97

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus kok

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Muridae

Root name

kok

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:30c

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

585

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268176

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus (Neotoma) providens

(W. Elliot, 1839)

Family

Muridae

Root name

providens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:30c

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

209

Authority publication

Madras Journal of Literature and Science

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Nesokia gracilis

(Nehring, 1902)

Family

Muridae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MTD (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7931276

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus (Nesokia) barclayanus

(J. Anderson, 1878)

Family

Muridae

Root name

barclayana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 16439, ZSI 16440

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35553402

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Nesokia kok

(Kelaart, 1852)

Family

Muridae

Root name

kok

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257342

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)

Gunomys bengalensis

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

301

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Gunomys bengalensis bengalensis

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

301

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Bandicota bengalensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

183

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:509, 510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2540/115062388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arvicola bengalensis

(J. E. Gray, 1835)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 21 (see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1955)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58221997

Authority publication

London

Mus koc

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Muridae

Root name

koc

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

9

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Mus taraiyensis

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Muridae

Root name

taraiyensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

10

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Mus (Nesokia) blythianus

(J. Anderson, 1878)

Family

Muridae

Root name

blythiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35553400

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gunomys bengalensis sundavensis

(Kloss, 1921)

Family

Muridae

Root name

sundavensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30344683

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Sody (1941:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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