| Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| 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] It is feared that the species might have gone extinct due to the draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes. [3]