Bandicota


Bandicota is a genus of rodents from Asia. They are known as the bandicoot rats. Their common name and genus name are derived from the Telugu language word pandikokku. DNA studies have found the group to be a monophyletic clade sister to the radiation of Molucca and Australian Rattus species, as part of the paraphyletic Rattus sensu lato.

Species

Genus Bandicota - bandicoot rats.