bandicoot rat

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 342 words | Copyright

bandicoot rat giant rat of southern Asia, unrelated to true bandicoots. It is an agricultural pest in the grain crops and gardens of India and Sri Lanka and is known for the piglike grunts it emits when attacked. Bandicoot rats are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Muridae.

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