Nesokia indica

(J. E. Gray, 1830)

Short-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

Gray, J.E. 1830-01-06. [Part 1]. in Gray, J.E. 1830-1832. Illustrations of Indian Zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. I. Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter, London, plates pp.

Original name as described

Arvicola indica

Other common names

Pest Rat · Short-tailed Nesokia

Type locality

India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Egypt · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Syria · Turkey · Iraq · Saudi Arabia · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Afghanistan · Tajikistan · China · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bangladesh

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003578

Country distribution map

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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.

Nesokia insularis

G. G. Goodwin, 1940

Family

Muridae

Root name

insularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88845

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88845

Authority page

12

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Nesokia legendrei

G. G. Goodwin, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

legendrei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-88861

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-88861

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Nesokia suilla

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

suilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.8.2.29

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413444

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Nesokia Bailwardi

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

bailwardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.14.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/931b1e2a-e7bf-4c22-a43a-8f7dec8ea88e

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413440

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Nesokia beaba

Wroughton, 1908

Family

Muridae

Root name

beaba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.9.13.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9809f8ac-d340-4ff2-9272-df05cc1078b2

Authority page

740

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2223211

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Nesokia buxtoni

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Muridae

Root name

buxtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1918.8.5.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e15b7c95-5462-419c-805c-8eedf21d4231

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2049997

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Meriones myosurus

(J. A. Wagner, 1845)

Family

Muridae

Root name

myosura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW B1287

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776499

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

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

Nesokia indica chitralensis

Schlitter & Setzer, 1973

Family

Muridae

Root name

chitralensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:354362

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c6d26738-3398-4642-8af6-d4cb623e41f9

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34560321

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Nesokia brachyura

Büchner, 1889

Family

Muridae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 2309

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56758156

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

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

Nesokia (Nesokia) dukelskiana

Heptner, 1928

Family

Muridae

Root name

dukelskiana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-30586

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-30586

Authority page

259

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Nesokia scullyi

Wood-Mason, 1876

Family

Muridae

Root name

scullyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15698

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

80

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Nesokia boettgeri

von Radde & A. Walter, 1889

Family

Muridae

Root name

boettgeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1036

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9981549

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

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

Nesokia hardwickii

Kelaart, 1852

Family

Muridae

Root name

hardwickii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257341

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)

Nesokia indica

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

indica

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 (1982:535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:286) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Happold (2013:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14661/115123428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

griffithi

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

griffithi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1416

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Nesokia indica brachyura

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Muridae

Root name

brachyura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

264

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Nesokia indica scullyi

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Muridae

Root name

scullyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

264

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Mus indicus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Muridae

Root name

indicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534793

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Arvicola indica

(J. E. Gray, 1830)

Family

Muridae

Root name

indica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 11

Authority publication

London

Mus Hardwickii

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Muridae

Root name

hardwickii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

585

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Mus Huttoni

(E. Blyth in T. Hutton, 1846)

Family

Muridae

Root name

huttoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40122676

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Nesokia Griffithii

Horsfield, 1851

Family

Muridae

Root name

griffithii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832442

Authority publication

London

Spalacomys indicus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1861)

Family

Muridae

Root name

indica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29121014

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Nesokia bacheri

Nehring, 1897

Family

Muridae

Root name

bacheri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

503

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9731118

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

Nesokia huttoni satunini

Nehring, 1899

Family

Muridae

Root name

satunini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Mus hardwickei

(Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1966)

Family

Muridae

Root name

hardwickei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

618

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

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