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Nesokia

Nesokia is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to West Asia and Central Asia known as the short-tailed bandicoot rats.

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Nesokia
Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
Short-tailed bandicoot rat (Nesokia indica)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Nesokia
Gray, 1842
Species

Nesokia bunnii
Nesokia indica

Nesokia is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to West Asia and Central Asia known as the short-tailed bandicoot rats.

Species

Genus Nesokia - short-tailed bandicoot rats:

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