Waters's gerbil
| Waters's gerbil | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Gerbillinae |
| Genus: | Gerbillus |
| Species: | G. watersi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillus watersi de Winton, 1901 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
juliani (St. Leger, 1935) | |
Waters's gerbil, Gerbillus watersi is distributed mainly in Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti.
References
- 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.
- Schlitter (2004). Gerbillus juliani. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
- Schlitter & Granjon (2004). Gerbillus watersi. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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