Gerbillurus

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Gerbillurus Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Gerbillinae Tribe: Taterillini Subtribe: Gerbillurina Genus: Gerbillurus Shortridge, 1942
Species
Gerbillurus paeba Gerbillurus setzeri Gerbillurus tytonis Gerbillurus vallinus

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

• Hairy-footed Gerbil (Gerbillurus paeba)
• Namib Brush-tailed Gerbil (Gerbillurus setzeri)
• Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil (Gerbillurus tytonis)
• Bushy-tailed Hairy-footed Gerbil (Gerbillurus vallinus)

[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.