Bandicota indica

(Bechstein, 1799)

Greater Bandicoot Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Bandicota

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bechstein, J.M. 1799-10-06. Thomas Pennant's allgemeine Uebersicht der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweyter Band. Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar, 666 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57833362

Original name as described

Mus indicus

Type locality

Pondicherry, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Bangladesh · Cambodia · China · India · Indonesia · Laos · Malaysia · Myanmar · Nepal · Sri Lanka · Taiwan · Thailand · Vietnam

Distribution notes

Populations in Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (Kedang and Perlis), and possibly Taiwan are thought to be introduced.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003502

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 49 names and synonyms.

Mus Bandicota

Bechstein, 1799

Family

Muridae

Root name

bandicota

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Indostan

Type locality

India.

Authority page

498

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57833363

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

Brants (1827:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35204)
Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
Horsfield (1851:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43693)
Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
Blyth (1863:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Day (1863:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69416)
Jerdon (1867:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
Blyth (1875:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38675005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus indicus

Bechstein, 1799

Family

Muridae

Root name

indica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Sie ist in Indien gemein, und eine gleiche Plage der Häuser in Pondischery, wie unsere Ratten in Europa

Type locality

India: Puducherry.

Authority page

497

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57833362

Authority publication

Weimar

Mus malabaricus

G. K. Shaw, 1801

Family

Muridae

Root name

malabarica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

This species is said to be very common about the coasts of the Malabar country. At Pondicherry it is frequent, infesting houses like the brown rat.

Type locality

India: Kerala.

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603213

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Schinz (1821:287, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Brants (1827:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35204)
Wagler (1830:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
Lesson (1842:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus perchal

G. K. Shaw, 1801

Family

Muridae

Root name

perchal

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

This Rat is said to be very numerous about Pondicherry, infesting houses in the same manner as the rats of Europe.

Type locality

India: Puducherry.

Authority page

55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603214

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Daudin (1802:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Goldfuss (1809:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Desmarest (1819:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19430627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60387)
Muirhead (1819:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Desmarest (1822:308, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Schinz (1825:403, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
Lesson (1827:272, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Brants (1827:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497094) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35204)
Fischer (1829:327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Fitzinger (1861:394, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus giganteus

Hardwicke, 1804

Family

Muridae

Root name

gigantea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Original type locality

This species is said to be very common about the coasts of the Malabar country. At Pondicherry it is frequent, infesting houses like the brown rat.

Type locality

India: Kerala.

Authority page

306

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12902427

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

Fischer (1814:vii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
Desmarest (1819:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19430600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60387)
Voigt (1819:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
Schinz (1821:285, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Desmarest (1822:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Schinz (1825:394, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
Fischer (1829:314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Sykes (1831:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67691)
Ogilby (1839:lxviii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
Blyth (1840:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Kelaart (1852:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
Giebel (1855:560, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Murray (1866:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus Bandicot

Goldfuss, 1809

Family

Muridae

Root name

bandicot

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Hindostan

Type locality

India.

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497977

Authority publication

Erlangen

Name usages

Goldfuss (1809:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Mus Icria

Horsfield, 1824

Family

Muridae

Root name

icria

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

[Java implied]

Type locality

Indonesia: Java.

Authority page

pl. 24 unnumbered p. 4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31112030

Authority publication

London

Mus setifer

Horsfield, 1824

Family

Muridae

Root name

setifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

The Tikus-wirok is found in Java at the confines of forests and woods, and, agreeably to my observations, it rarely approaches the villages and dwellings of the natives.

Type locality

Indonesia: Java.

Authority page

pl. 24

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31112027

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Cuvier (1833:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
Kittlitz (1836:284, 299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68440)
Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
Horsfield (1851:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43693)
Giebel (1855:560, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Fitzinger (1861:394, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
Murray (1866:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Rattus Nemorivagus

B. H. Hodgson, 1836

Family

Muridae

Root name

nemorivaga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.67

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Nepal.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76bae90d-4157-43e8-b575-099e5b8722cf

Authority page

234

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188331

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Hodgson (1836:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37188331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68654)
Fitzinger (1867:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus nemorivagus:

W. Ogilby, 1839

Family

Muridae

Root name

nemorivaga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

lxviii

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912380

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ogilby (1839:lxviii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
Hodgson (1841:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
Hodgson (1844:292, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
Horsfield (1851:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43693)

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