Dipodillus

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Dipodillus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Gerbillinae Tribe: Gerbillini Subtribe: Gerbillina Genus: Dipodillus Lataste, 1881
Species
Dipodillus bottai Dipodillus campestris Dipodillus dasyurus Dipodillus harwoodi Dipodillus jamesi Dipodillus lowei Dipodillus mackillingini Dipodillus maghrebi Dipodillus rupicola Dipodillus simoni Dipodillus somalicus Dipodillus stigmonyx Dipodillus zakariai

Dipodillus is a genus of rodent in the Muridae family. It contains the following species:

• Botta's Gerbil (Dipodillus bottai)
• North African Gerbil (Dipodillus campestris)
• Wagner's Gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus)
• Harwood's Gerbil (Dipodillus harwoodi)
• James's Gerbil (Dipodillus jamesi)
• Lowe's Gerbil (Dipodillus lowei)
• Mackillingin's Gerbil (Dipodillus mackillingini)
• Greater Short-tailed Gerbil (Dipodillus maghrebi)
• Rupicolous Gerbil (Dipodillus rupicola)
• Lesser Short-tailed Gerbil (Dipodillus simoni)
• Somalian Gerbil (Dipodillus somalicus)
• Khartoum Gerbil (Dipodillus stigmonyx)
• Kerkennah Islands Gerbil (Dipodillus zakariai)

[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.