Gerbillus

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Gerbillus Fossil range: Pliocene - Recent
Gerbillus perpallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Gerbillinae Tribe: Gerbillini Subtribe: Gerbillina Genus: Gerbillus Desmarest, 1804
Subgenera
Hendecapleura Gerbillus

Gerbillus is a genus that contains most common gerbils. Traditionally the genera Dipodillus and Microdillus have been included in this genus by some authorities.

[edit] Species of Gerbillus

• Subgenus Hendecapleura
  • Gerbillus amoenus
  • Gerbillus brockmani
  • Gerbillus famulus
  • Gerbillus garamantis
  • Gerbillus grobbeni
  • Gerbillus henleyi
  • Gerbillus mauritaniae (sometimes considered a separate genus Monodia)
  • Gerbillus mesopotamiae
  • Gerbillus muriculus
  • Gerbillus nanus
  • Gerbillus poecilops
  • Gerbillus principulus
  • Gerbillus pusillus
  • Gerbillus syrticus
  • Gerbillus vivax
  • Gerbillus watersi
• Subgenus Gerbillus
  • Gerbillus acticola
  • Gerbillus agag
  • Gerbillus andersoni
  • Gerbillus aquilus
  • Gerbillus burtoni
  • Gerbillus cheesmani
  • Gerbillus dongolanus
  • Gerbillus dunni
  • Gerbillus floweri
  • Gerbillus gerbillus
  • Gerbillus gleadowi
  • Gerbillus hesperinus
  • Gerbillus hoogstraali
  • Gerbillus latastei
  • Gerbillus nancillus
  • Gerbillus nigeriae
  • Gerbillus occiduus
  • Gerbillus perpallidus
  • Gerbillus pulvinatus
  • Gerbillus pyramidum
  • Gerbillus rosalinda
  • Gerbillus tarabuli

[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.