Bunn's Short-tailed Bandicoot-rat
Nesokia bunnii
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Mammals
Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the marshes of southeastern Iraq and is named for the Iraqi zoologist Dr. Munir K. Bunni. It is feared that the species might have gone extinct due to the draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Nesokia