''Golunda'' is a genus of murine rodent.

Fossil record

The Indian bush rat ''(Golunda ellioti)'' is the sole surviving member of this genus, but it was formerly more diverse and widespread, occurring in both Asia and Africa. The last surviving species in Africa was ''Golunda aouraghei'' from the

Early Pleistocene The Early Pleistocene is an unofficial sub-epoch in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, being the earliest division of the Pleistocene Epoch within the ongoing Quaternary Period. It is currently estimated to span the time ...

. The genus was thought to have originated in Africa, with the Pliocene-aged ''G. gurai'' thought to be ancestral to all other species, but it is now thought that the genus originated in India with the species ''G. tatroticus'', also from the Pliocene.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10762211 Taxa named by John Edward Gray Rodent genera Mammal genera with one living species Muridae