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)
.