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]
| Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Nesokia |
| Species: | N. bunnii
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| Binomial name | |
| Nesokia bunnii (Khajuria, 1981)
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References
edit- ^ Stuart, S.N. (2008). "Nesokia bunnii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T14660A4453417. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14660A4453417.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo, et al. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Cop, 2009, p. 64.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1415. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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