Indian Bush Rat

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Indian Bush Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Murinae Genus: Golunda Gray, 1837 Species: G. ellioti
Binomial name
Golunda ellioti Gray, 1837

The Indian Bush Rat (Golunda ellioti) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is the only extant member of the genus Golunda. It is found in India, Iran, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Golunda ellioti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.