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title: "Greater Bandicoot-rat"
description: "Bandicota indica — Mammiferi. The greater bandicoot rat or Indian bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Bangladesh, China, India, eastern Pakistan, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/greater-bandicoot-rat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Greater Bandicoot-rat

> Bandicota indica — Mammiferi. The greater bandicoot rat or Indian bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Bangladesh, China, India, eastern Pakistan, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

- Scientific name: *Bandicota indica*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 337
- Wikidata: [Q1767310](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1767310)
- iNaturalist taxon: [45664](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/45664)

## Names

- en: Greater Bandicoot-rat
- de: Echte Bandikutratte
- nl: Indische borstelrat
- pl: Bandikot indyjski

## Countries with the most observations

IN (78), TW (38), TH (12), LK (6), MM (3)

## Summary

The greater bandicoot rat or Indian bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Bangladesh, China, India, eastern Pakistan, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
It can grow to about 30–45 cm without including the tail which can grow to 28 cm. These should not be confused with marsupial bandicoots which inhabit Australia and neighbouring New Guinea, which were named after the bandicota rats.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_bandicoot_rat

## Photo

![Greater Bandicoot-rat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-bandicoot-rat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Yi-fan翊凡 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68090029

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-bandicoot-rat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).