Golunda
{{Short description|Genus of rodent}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Pliocene - Recent
| image = Indian Bush Rat at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India.jpg
| image_caption = Indian bush rat (Golunda ellioti)
| taxon = Golunda
| authority = Gray, 1837
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- Golunda ellioti
- †Golunda aouraghei
- †Golunda dulamensis
- †Golunda gurai
- †Golunda jaegeri
- †Golunda kelleri
- †Golunda tatroticus
}}
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.{{cite journal |last1=Piñero |first1=P. |title=Golunda aouraghei, sp. nov., the Last Representative of the Genus Golunda in Africa |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |date=2019 |volume=39 |issue=6 |pages=e1742726 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2019.1742726|bibcode=2019JVPal..39E2726P }} 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.{{cite journal |last1=Kotlia |first1=B. |last2=Sanwal |first2=J. |title=A new species of Golunda (Rodentia, Muridae) from the Late Pleistocene of Indian Himalaya |journal=Geobios |date=2004 |volume=37 |issue=6 |pages=725–730 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2003.06.004|bibcode=2004Geobi..37..725K }}
References
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Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray