Taxonomy Profile: Nesokia (Gray 1842)

Nesokia: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Erythronesokia
Khajuria 1981
Nesocia
Blanford 1891
Spalacomys
Peters 1860
Common Name(s):
Short-tailed Bandicoot Rats []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Nesokia: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
mice |
rats |
voles |
campagnols |
rats |
souris |
Subfamily : Murinae
Old World rats |
Old World mice |
Genus : Nesokia
Short-tailed Bandicoot Rats |
Nesokia Direct Children(s):
Nesokia bunnii
(Khajuria 1981)
Nesokia indica
(Gray 1830)
Nesokia: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Nesokia
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Nesokia
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Nesokia
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Nesokia
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Osborn, Dale J., and Ibrahim Helmy
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1980-08-15 / 1980-08-15
Article/Chapter Title:
The Contemporary Land Mammals of Egypt (Including Sinai)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Fieldiana Zoology, n.s., no. 5
Page(s):
1-579
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0015-0754
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747210
Reference for:
Nesokia
Nesokia: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Nesokia: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Rattus Division. Early placed with the Philippine Phloeomys in the Phloeomyinae (Alston, 1876), but phylogenetically most closely allied to Bandicota among living murines (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Jansa et al., 1999; Musser and Brothers, 1994; Watts and Baverstock, 1994b); see generic account of Bandicota. Of the two living species in the genus, N. indica is fossorial, N. bunnii is amphibious. Earliest record of Nesokia is N. panchkulaensis from early Pleistocene Pinjor beds in the Siwaliks o...