Mauritanian gerbil
Appearance
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Mauritanian gerbil | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Gerbillus |
Species: | G. mauritaniae
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Binomial name | |
Gerbillus mauritaniae Heim de Balsac, 1943
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The Mauritanian gerbil (Gerbillus mauritaniae) is distributed mainly in northern Mauritania. Some authorities place it in a separate genus, Monodia. It is also sometimes considered a subspecies of the Sudan gerbil.
References
[edit]- Schlitter & Granjon (2004). "Gerbillus mauritaniae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is listed as data deficient