The greater bandicoot rat or Indian bandicoot rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It can grow to about 27–29 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.

  Systematic position

• Domain : Eukaryota
• Kingdom : Animalia
• Phylum : Chordata
• Class : Mammalia
• Order : Rodentia
• Family : Muridae
• Genus : Bandicota
• Species : B. indica