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Indian bush rat : ウィキペディア英語版 | Indian bush rat
The Indian Bush Rat (''Golunda ellioti'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only extant member of the genus ''Golunda''.〔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.〕 The species is widely distributed in the Indian Subcontinent west to Kohat and east to the Bhutan Duars. It also occurs in Sri Lanka. As many as 11 subspecies are recognized. The genus name is derived from the Kannada name of ''Gulandi'' while the specific name is after Sir Walter Elliot. The nominate form is from southern India. Other forms include ''limitaris'' (northwestern limits), ''paupera'' (Punjab), ''watsoni'' (Sind), ''gujerati'' (Gujarat), ''bombax'' (Bombay), ''coraginis'' (Coorg), ''coffaeus'' (Sri Lanka), ''newera'' (Sri Lanka), ''myiothrix'' (Nepal) and ''coenosa'' (Bhutan Duars, Hasimara).〔 In Sri Lanka, it is known as පදුරු මීයා in Sinhala. ==Description== Head and body length is 12-14cm. Tail is 9-11. Yellowish brown upperparts are speckled with black and reddish yellow. Ventral surface grayish with a yellowish speckle. Orange-yellow incisor teeth. Tail, dark above and yellowish below. Body fur spiny. Rounded head with a blunt nose, with small eyes mark. Relatively short bill.
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