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--> GENUS Golunda
SPECIES Golunda ellioti
Author: | Gray, 1837. | Citation: | Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 586. | Common Name: | Indian Bush Rat | Type Locality: | India, Dharwar. | Distribution: | SE Iran (Misonne, 1990), Pakistan (Roberts, 1977, 1997), Nepal (Ellerman, 1961), N and NE India south through Indian peninsula to Sri Lanka (Agrawal, 2000). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Agrawal (2000) reviewed the Indian population and could find no significant geographic variation in fur coloration or other morphological features. Ecology and distribution in the Aravalli Ranges in Rajasthan, India, documented by Prakash et al. (1995a, b), in Western Ghats of S India by Chandrasekar-Rao and Sunquist (1996), and in Gujarat State of NW India by Chakraborty and Agrawal (2000). |
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bombax Thomas, 1923 coenosa Thomas, 1923 coffaeus Kelaart, 1850 coraginis Thomas, 1923 gujerati Thomas, 1923 hirsutus (Elliot, 1839) limitaris Thomas, 1923 myothrix (Hodgson, 1845) newara (Kelaart, 1850) paupera Thomas, 1923 watsoni (Blanford, 1876)
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