Wagner's gerbil
| Wagner's gerbil | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Gerbillinae |
| Genus: | Dipodillus |
| Species: | D. dasyurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipodillus dasyurus (Wagner, 1842) | |
Wagner's gerbil, Dipodillus dasyurus, is distributed mainly in the Nile Delta, the Sinai, Syria, Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula. It also referred to as the rough-tailed dipodil or Wadi Hof gerbil. They are solo, burrowing mammals that are nocturnally active.[1]
References
- ↑ Alagaili, A.N.; Mohammed, O.B.; Bennett, N.C.; Oosthuizen, M.K. (October 2012). "Lights out, let's move about: locomotory activity patterns of Wagner's gerbil from the desert of Saudi Arabia". African Zoology 47 (2): 195–202.
- G. Amori, R. Hutterer, B. Kryštufek, N. Yigit, G. Mitsain, L. J. Palomo & S. Aulagnier (2008). "Gerbillus dasyurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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