Nesokia bunnii

(Khajuria, 1981)

Long-tailed 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 : Nesokia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Khajuria, H. 1981-03. A new bandicoot rat, _Erythronesokia bunnii_ gen. et sp. nov. (Rodentia: Muridae), from Iraq. Bulletin of the Natural History Research Centre 7(4):157-164.

Original name as described

Erythronesokia bunnii

Other common names

Bunni's Bandicoot Rat · Bunni's Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat · Long-tailed Nesokia · Red Pest Rat

Type material

NHRC 75-105-78

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Al-Qurna, Basra Province, south-eastern Iraq.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iraq

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003577

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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.

Erythronesokia bunnii

(Khajuria, 1981)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bunnii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRC 75-105-78

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

162

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Natural History Research Centre

Erythronesokia bunni

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

194

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Nesokia bunnii

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Muridae

Root name

bunnii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

632

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14660/22410285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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