Gerbilliscus
Gerbilliscus | |
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Gerbilliscus kempi | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Gerbillinae |
Tribe: | Gerbillurini |
Subtribe: | Gerbillurina |
Genus: | Gerbilliscus Thomas, 1897 |
Species | |
Gerbilliscus afra |
Gerbilliscus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:
- Cape gerbil (Gerbilliscus afra)
- Boehm's gerbil (Gerbilliscus boehmi)
- Highveld gerbil (Gerbilliscus brantsii)
- Guinean gerbil (Gerbilliscus guineae)
- Gorongoza gerbil (Gerbilliscus inclusus)
- Kemp's gerbil (Gerbilliscus kempi)
- Bushveld gerbil (Gerbilliscus leucogaster)
- Black-tailed gerbil (Gerbilliscus nigricaudus)
- Phillips's gerbil (Gerbilliscus phillipsi)
- Fringe-tailed gerbil (Gerbilliscus robustus)
- Savanna gerbil (Gerbilliscus validus)
References
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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