Which small insect-eating marsupial takes its name from the Telugu word for Pig-Rat?
Lesser bandicoot rat Lesser bandicoot rat The lesser bandicoot rat, Sind rice rat or Indian mole-rat ("Bandicota bengalensis") is a giant rat of Southern Asia, not related to the true bandicoots which are marsupials. They can be up to 40 cm long (including the tail), are considered a pest in the cereal crops and gardens of India and Sri Lanka, and emit piglike grunts when attacking. The name bandicoot is derived from the Telugu language word "pandikokku", which translates loosely to "pig-rat". Like the better known rats in the genus "Rattus", bandicoot rats are members of the family Muridae. Their fur is dark
Guinea pig called "Spaanse rat"); and in Portuguese, the guinea pig is variously referred to as "cobaia", from the Tupi word via its Latinization, or as "porquinho da Índia" (little Indian pig). This is not universal; for example, the common word in Spanish is "conejillo de Indias" (little rabbit of the Indies). The Chinese refer to them as 豚鼠 ("túnshǔ", 'pig mouse'), and sometimes as Netherlands pig (荷蘭豬, "hélánzhū") or Indian mouse (天竺鼠, "tiānzhúshǔ"). The Japanese word for guinea pig is "モルモット" ("morumotto"), which derives from the name of another mountain-dwelling rodent, the marmot; this is what guinea pigs were called by