Gerbillus mesopotamiae

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Harrison's gerbil
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Gerbillinae
Genus: Gerbillus
Species: G. mesopotamiae
Binomial name
Gerbillus mesopotamiae
Harrison, 1956

Gerbillus mesopotamiae is a gerbil, a small mammal in the rodent order. It is distributed mainly in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley in Iraq and western Iran. It is known as Harrison's gerbil or the Mesopotamian gerbil.

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