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