Nesokia Gray 1842

Nesokia Gray 1842, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 10: 264.

Type Species: Arvicola indica Gray 1830

Synonyms: Erythronesokia Khajuria 1981; Nesocia Blanford 1891; Spalacomys Peters 1860 .

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Nesokia bunnii Khajuria 1981

Species Nesokia indica (Gray 1830)

Discussion: Rattus Division. Early placed with the Philippine Phloeomys in the Phloeomyinae (Alston, 1876), but phylogenetically most closely allied to Bandicota among living murines (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Jansa et al., 1999; Musser and Brothers, 1994; Watts and Baverstock, 1994 b); see generic account of Bandicota . Of the two living species in the genus, N. indica is fossorial, N. bunnii is amphibious. Earliest record of Nesokia is N. panchkulaensis from early Pleistocene Pinjor beds in the Siwaliks of N India (Raghavan, 1989).