Least Gerbil

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Least gerbil
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species: G. pusillus
Binomial name
Gerbillus pusillus
Peters, 1878
Synonyms

diminutus Dollman, 1911
percivali Dollman, 1914
ruberrimus Rhoads, 1896

The least gerbil, Gerbillus pusillus is distributed mainly in southern Sudan, southwestern Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.

[edit] 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 pusillus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
  • Schlitter & Granjon (2004). Gerbillus ruberrimus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
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