Bunn's short-tailed bandicoot rat (''Nesokia bunnii'') is a species of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...

in the family

Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. The name Muridae come ...

. It is found only in the marshes of southeastern

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

and is named for the Iraqi zoologist Dr. Munir K. Bunni.Beolens, Bo, et al. The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Cop, 2009, p. 64.‌

References

* Nesokia Endemic fauna of Iraq Mammals described in 1981 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Murinae-stub