Common gundi
| Common gundi | |
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| Ctenodactylus gundi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Ctenodactylomorphi |
| Family: | Ctenodactylidae |
| Genus: | Ctenodactylus |
| Species: | C. gundi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenodactylus gundi (Rothmann, 1776) | |
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The common gundi (Ctenodactylus gundi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenodactylidae. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. The parasitic organism Toxoplasma gondii was first described in 1908 in Tunis by Charles Nicolle and Louis Manceaux within the tissues of the gundi.
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- Dieterlen, F. (2005). "Family Ctenodactylidae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1536. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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