Nesokia bunnii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Rattini
Genus: Nesokia
Species: Nesokia bunnii

Name

• Nesokia bunnii (Khajuria, 1981)

Holotype: NHRCM 75-105-78, adult ♂, skin and skull. [lost during War on Iraq in 2003]

Neotype: SMF 62925, adult ♂, skin and skull. [designated by Kryštufek, Al-Sheikhly & Hutterer 2017: 183]

Type locality: “Al-Qurna, Basra Province, Iraq”, redefined by neotype designation to “Saraifa, 30 km north of Qurna, Iraq” by Kryštufek, Al-Sheikhly & Hutterer 2017: 184.

Paratype: NHRCM 81-307-78, young ♀, skin and skull. [lost during War on Iraq in 2003]

Combinations

• Erythronesokia bunnii Khajuria, 1981: 162 [original combination]
• Nesokia bunnii Al-Robaae & Felton, 1990: 258 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Khajuria, H. 1981. A new bandicoot rat, Erythronesokia bunnii gen. et sp. nov. (Rodentia: Muridae) from Iraq. Bulletin of the Natural History Research Centre, Baghdad 7(4): 157–164.
• Al-Robaae, K. & Felton, H. 1990. Was ist Erythronesokia Khajuria, 1981 (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae)? Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 55: 253–259.
• Kryštufek, B., Al-Sheikhly, O.F. & Hutterer, R. 2017. A redescription of the Long-tailed Nesokia, Nesokia bunnii, and designation of a neotype (Rodentia: Muridae). Zootaxa 4216(2): 167–187. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.2.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Nesokia bunnii in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Nesokia bunnii  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Long-tailed Nesokia, Bunni's Short-tailed Bandicoot Rat