Golunda ellioti Gray 1837

Golunda ellioti Gray 1837, Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1: 586.

Type Locality: India, Dharwar.

Vernacular Names: Indian Bush Rat.

Synonyms: Golunda bombax Thomas 1923; Golunda coenosa Thomas 1923; Golunda coffaeus Kelaart 1850; Golunda coraginis Thomas 1923; Golunda gujerati Thomas 1923; Golunda hirsutus (Elliot 1839); Golunda limitaris Thomas 1923; Golunda myothrix (Hodgson 1845); Golunda newara (Kelaart 1850); Golunda paupera Thomas 1923; Golunda watsoni (Blanford 1876) .

Distribution: SE Iran (Misonne, 1990), Pakistan (Roberts, 1977, 1997), Nepal (Ellerman, 1961), N and NE India south through Indian peninsula to Sri Lanka (Agrawal, 2000).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Agrawal (2000) reviewed the Indian population and could find no significant geographic variation in fur coloration or other morphological features. Ecology and distribution in the Aravalli Ranges in Rajasthan, India, documented by Prakash et al. (1995 a, b), in Western Ghats of S India by Chandrasekar-Rao and Sunquist (1996), and in Gujarat State of NW India by Chakraborty and Agrawal (2000).