Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat

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Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Nesokia
Species:
N. bunnii
Binomial name
Nesokia bunnii
(Khajuria, 1981)

Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat (Nesokia bunnii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the marshes of southeastern Iraq and is named for the Iraqi zoologist Dr. Munir K. Bunni. [2]

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References

  1. Stuart, S.N. (2008). "Nesokia bunnii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008: e.T14660A4453417. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14660A4453417.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Beolens, Bo, et al. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Cop, 2009, p. 64.‌