Greater Bandicoot Rat

Greater Bandicoot Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Bandicota
Species: B. indica
Binomial name
Bandicota indica
(Bechstein, 1800)

The Greater Bandicoot Rat (Bandicota indica) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It can grow to about 13 inches without including the tail which can grow to be just as long.

In Sri Lanka, the bandicoot rat is known as "Uru-Meeya" in Sinhala Language, the meaning of which directly translates to "Pig-Rat".

Parasites

Parasites of Bandicota indica include:

Greater Bandicoot Rat-borne diseases

References

  1. ^ Baillie J. (1996). "Bandicota indica". 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  2. ^ Singh K. I., Krishnasamy M., Ambu S., Rasul R. & Chong N. L. (1997). "Studies on animal schistosomes in Peninsular Malaysia: record of naturally infected animals and additional hosts of Schistosoma spindale". The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 28(2): 303-307. PubMed
  3. ^ Singh K. I., Krishnasamy M. & Ambu S. (1992). "The large bandicoot rat, Bandicota indica, a new host for Schistosoma spindale, Montgomery, 1906, in Peninsular Malaysia". The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health 23(3): 537-538. PubMed.