Pygmy gerbil
Species of rodent
| Pygmy gerbil | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Gerbillus |
| Species: | G. henleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Gerbillus henleyi de Winton, 1903 | |
The pygmy gerbil (Gerbillus henleyi) is distributed mainly in Algeria to Israel and the Arabian Peninsula. It is also known as Henley's gerbil or pygmy dipodil. Gerbillus henleyi is a long-tailed small gerbil with a back coat that is dark grey-brown which has specific white spots, and the species has small upper molars.[2] Gerbillus henleyi, like other species of the Genus Gerbillus, forage nocturnally and have mainly a plant based diet, and also depend on those dietary items for energy and water.[3]
References
- ^ Granjon, L. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Gerbillus henleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T9127A115090818. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9127A22464262.en. Retrieved 21 February 2022. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ^ Bouarakia, O., Denys, C., Nicolas, V., Tifarouine, L., Benazzou, T., & Benhoussa, A. (2018). Notes on the distribution and phylogeography of two rare small Gerbillinae (Rodentia, Muridae) in Morocco: Gerbillus simoni and Gerbillus henleyi. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 341(7-8), 398–409. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2018.08.001
- ^ Khokhlova, I. S., Kam, M., & Degen, A. A. (1997). A Small Gerbil That Maximizes Intake of Energy from Low-Energy Food. Journal of Mammalogy, 78(1), 158–162. doi: 10.2307/1382648
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Extant species of subfamily Gerbillinae
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordate
- Class: Mammalia
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Muridae
Tribes Ammodillini, Desmodilliscini, Gerbillurini, Taterillini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tribe Gerbillini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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