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The short-tailed bandicoot rat (''Nesokia indica'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Other common names include short-tailed mole-rat, Indian bandicoot, bandicoot-rat, flat-tooth rat and short-tailed nesokia. 〔(AgroAtlas Pests. )〕 Accepted synonyms include'' Nesokia bacheri'' (Nehring, 1897),'' N. bailwardi'' (Thomas, 1907),'' N. beaba'' (Wroughton, 1908), ''N. boettgeri'' (Radde and Walter, 1889),'' N. brachyura'' (Büchner, 1889), ''N. buxtoni'' (Thomas, 1919), ''N. chitralensis (Schlitter and Setzer, 1973), Nesokia dukelskiana (Heptner, 1928), Nesokia griffithi (Horsfield, 1851), Nesokia hardwickei'' (Gray, 1837), ''N. huttoni'' (Blyth, 1846), ''N. indicus'' (Peters, 1860), ''N. insularis'' (Goodwin, 1940), ''N. legendrei'' (Goodwin, 1939),'' N. myosura'' (Wagner, 1845), ''N. satunini'' (Nehring, 1899), ''N. scullyi'' (Wood-Mason, 1876) and ''N. suilla'' (Thomas, 1907).〔(Mammal Species of the World )〕 ==Characteristics== The short-tailed bandicoot rat is generally brown on the upper parts and lighter on the underside, sometimes with a white patch on the throat.〔(ARKive )〕 It has long, dense and soft hair in the winter, but the hair is short, sparse and stubbly in the summer.〔 The broad feet and the tail are scantily haired. The forefeet have four functional digits and the hind feet have five, each with a strong, nearly straight claw.〔(Animal Diversity Web )〕 The body size varies between 182 and 388 g, and the length between 165 and 218 mm.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Short-tailed bandicoot rat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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