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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Species of rodent}}<br /> {{Speciesbox<br /> | name = Indian bush rat<br /> | status = LC<br /> | status_system = IUCN3.1<br /> | status_ref = &lt;ref name=iucn&gt;{{cite iucn |author=Molur, S. |author2=Nameer, P.O. |name-list-style=amp |title=&#039;&#039;Golunda ellioti&#039;&#039; |volume=2016 |page=e.T9303A115091717 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9303A22420024.en }}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> | image = Indian_Bush_Rat_at_Keoladeo_National_Park,_Bharatpur,_India.jpg<br /> | image_caption = At [[Keoladeo National Park]], [[Bharatpur, India|Bharatpur]], India<br /> | parent_authority =<br /> | taxon = Golunda ellioti<br /> | authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1837<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Indian bush rat&#039;&#039;&#039; (&#039;&#039;Golunda ellioti&#039;&#039;) is a [[rodent]] species in the family [[Muridae]]. It is the only member of the genus &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Golunda&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref&gt;{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001344 | page = 1322}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The species is widely distributed in the Indian Subcontinent west to Kohat and east to the Bhutan [[Dooars]]. It also occurs in Sri Lanka. As many as 11 subspecies are recognized.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|author=Oldfield, T. |year=1923|title=Scientific results from the Mammal Survey. No. XLII. The distribution and geographical races of the Gulandi Bush Rats (&#039;&#039;Golunda ellioti&#039;&#039;)|journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |volume=29 |pages=373–376}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=jre&gt;{{cite book|title=The families and genera of living rodents. Volume 2. Family Muridae|author=Ellerman, J.R. |year=1941|publisher=British Museum (Natural History) |place=London|pages=267–268 |url=https://archive.org/stream/familiesgeneraof02elle#page/267/mode/1up}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The genus name is derived from the Kannada name of &#039;&#039;Gulandi&#039;&#039; while the specific name is after [[Walter Elliot (Scottish naturalist)|Sir Walter Elliot]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. |author=Blanford, W.T.|publisher=Taylor and Francis, London|year=1891|pages=427–428|url=https://archive.org/stream/mammalia00blaniala#page/426/mode/2up}}&lt;/ref&gt; The nominate form is from southern India. Other forms include &#039;&#039;limitaris&#039;&#039; (northwestern limits), &#039;&#039;paupera&#039;&#039; (Punjab), &#039;&#039;watsoni&#039;&#039; (Sind), &#039;&#039;gujerati&#039;&#039; (Gujarat), &#039;&#039;bombax&#039;&#039; (Bombay), &#039;&#039;coraginis&#039;&#039; (Coorg), &#039;&#039;coffaeus&#039;&#039; (Sri Lanka), &#039;&#039;newera&#039;&#039; (Sri Lanka), &#039;&#039;myiothrix&#039;&#039; (Nepal) and &#039;&#039;coenosa&#039;&#039; (Bhutan Duars, Hasimara).&lt;ref name=jre/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> Head and body length is 12–14&amp;nbsp;cm. 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.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Murinae (Colomys–Golunda)}}<br /> {{Taxonbar|from=Q1721071}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Old World rats and mice]]<br /> [[Category:Rats of Asia]]<br /> [[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]<br /> [[Category:Rodents of India]]<br /> [[Category:Mammals described in 1837]]<br /> [[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]<br /> [[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Murinae-stub}}</div>

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