The Status of Nepal's Mammals: The National Red List Series - IUCN

National: Least Concern
Rationale for assessment: This species is considered
Least Concern in view of its wide distribution across
Nepal and occurrence within protected areas.
Legal Status
National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2029
(1973). This species occurs within protected areas.
National Population Size
There is no information available on the population
size of this species in Nepal.
National Distribution
This species occurs within the protected areas of
Annapurna Conservation Area, Makalu Barun
National Park and Shey-Phoksundo National Park.
Distribution outside Nepal
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Monaco,
Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.
Main Threats
Unknown.
References
Suwal and Verheugt 1995, Molur et al. 2005, Khammes and Aulagnier 2007, Baral and Shah 2008.
85) Bandicota bengalensis (Gray, 1835)
Common Names
Lesser Bandicoot Rat (English); Sano Dhademuso
(Nepali)
Synonyms
Arvicola bengalensis (Gray and Hardwicke, 1833);
Mus kok (Gray, 1837); Mus (Neotoma) providens (Elliot,
1839); Mus dubius (Kelaart, 1850); Mus deccaensis
(Tytler, 1854); Mus morungensis, Mus plurimammis,
Mus tarayensis (Horsfield, 1855); Mus (Nesokia)
barclayanus, Mus (Nesokia) blythianus (Anderson,
1878); Nesokia gracilis (Nehring, 1902); Gunomys
varillus, Gunomys varius (Thomas, 1907); Gunomys
lordi, Gunomys sindicus (Wroughton, 1908); Gunomys
kok insularis (Phillips, 1936)
Species Description
Slightly smaller than the Greater Bandicoot Rat, and
more brown in colour. Dark tail which is shorter than
the head and body length. Undersides grey, face
more rounded, with a broad muzzle and round pink
ears.
Species Ecology
The Lesser Bandicoot Rat is found in agricultural
areas, tropical and subtropical deciduous forests and
around human settlements. The main diet of this
species consists of grasses, seeds, rice, wheat, herbs
and tubers.
Little is known about the reproductive parameters
of the species.
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