Mackillingin's Gerbil

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Mackillingin's Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Dipodillus Species: D. mackillingini
Binomial name
Dipodillus mackillingini (Thomas, 1904)

The Mackillingin's Gerbil (Dipodillus mackillingini) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Egypt and Sudan. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.

[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, D. 2004. Gerbillus mackillingini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.