Cushioned Gerbil
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Cushioned gerbil | ||||||||||||||||||
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Gerbillus pulvinatus Rhoads, 1896 |
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bilensis Frick, 1914 |
The cushioned gerbil, Gerbillus pulvinatus, is distributed mainly in Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. IUCN lists the junior synonym Gerbillus bilensis as critically endangered.
[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 & Granjon (2004). Gerbillus pulvinatus. 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