Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 1189 1531 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Golunda ellioti Gray 1837 Golunda ellioti Gray 1837 , Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 586 . Type Locality: India , Dharwar. Vernacular Names: Indian Bush Rat . Synonyms: Golunda bombax Thomas 1923 ; Golunda coenosa Thomas 1923 ; Golunda coffaeus Kelaart 1850 ; Golunda coraginis Thomas 1923 ; Golunda gujerati Thomas 1923 ; Golunda hirsutus (Elliot 1839) ; Golunda limitaris Thomas 1923 ; Golunda myothrix ( Hodgson 1845 ) ; Golunda newara (Kelaart 1850) ; Golunda paupera Thomas 1923 ; Golunda watsoni (Blanford 1876) . 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 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: 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. (1995 a , 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) .