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	\| image_caption = At [[Keoladeo National Park]], [[Bharatpur, India\|Bharatpur]], India		\| image_caption = At [[Keoladeo National Park]], [[Bharatpur, India\|Bharatpur]], India
	\| parent_authority = ~~[[John Edward Gray\|Gray]], 1837~~		\| parent_authority =
	\| taxon = Golunda ellioti		\| taxon = Golunda ellioti
	\| authority = [[John Edward Gray\|Gray]], 1837		\| authority = [[John Edward Gray\|Gray]], 1837

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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Indian bush rat
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Molur, S. |author2=Nameer, P.O. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Golunda ellioti'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T9303A115091717 |date=2016 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9303A22420024.en }}</ref>
| image = Indian_Bush_Rat_at_Keoladeo_National_Park,_Bharatpur,_India.jpg
| image_caption = At [[Keoladeo National Park]], [[Bharatpur, India|Bharatpur]], India
| parent_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1837
| taxon = Golunda ellioti
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1837
}}

The '''Indian bush rat''' (''Golunda ellioti'') is a [[rodent]] species in the family [[Muridae]]. It is the only member of the genus '''''Golunda'''''.<ref>{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001344 | page = 1322}}</ref>

The species is widely distributed in the Indian Subcontinent west to Kohat and east to the Bhutan [[Dooars]]. It also occurs in Sri Lanka. As many as 11 subspecies are recognized.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Oldfield, T. |year=1923|title=Scientific results from the Mammal Survey. No. XLII. The distribution and geographical races of the Gulandi Bush Rats (''Golunda ellioti'')|journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |volume=29 |pages=373–376}}</ref><ref name=jre>{{cite book|title=The families and genera of living rodents. Volume 2. Family Muridae|author=Ellerman, J.R. |year=1941|publisher=British Museum (Natural History) |place=London|pages=267–268 |url=https://archive.org/stream/familiesgeneraof02elle#page/267/mode/1up}}</ref>

The genus name is derived from the Kannada name of ''Gulandi'' while the specific name is after [[Walter Elliot (Scottish naturalist)|Sir Walter Elliot]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Mammalia. |author=Blanford, W.T.|publisher=Taylor and Francis, London|year=1891|pages=427–428|url=https://archive.org/stream/mammalia00blaniala#page/426/mode/2up}}</ref> The nominate form is from southern India. Other forms include ''limitaris'' (northwestern limits), ''paupera'' (Punjab), ''watsoni'' (Sind), ''gujerati'' (Gujarat), ''bombax'' (Bombay), ''coraginis'' (Coorg), ''coffaeus'' (Sri Lanka), ''newera'' (Sri Lanka), ''myiothrix'' (Nepal) and ''coenosa'' (Bhutan Duars, Hasimara).<ref name=jre/>

==Description==
Head and body length is 12–14 cm. Tail is 9-11. Yellowish brown upperparts are speckled with black and reddish yellow. Ventral surface grayish with a yellowish speckle. Orange-yellow incisor teeth. Tail, dark above and yellowish below. Body fur spiny. Rounded head with a blunt nose, with small eyes mark. Relatively short bill.

==References==
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{{Murinae (Colomys–Golunda)}}
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[[Category:Old World rats and mice]]
[[Category:Rats of Asia]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of India]]
[[Category:Rodents of India]]
[[Category:Mammals described in 1837]]
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]

{{Murinae-stub}}

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>Porqaz at 20:14, 27 September 2021

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