North African Gerbil

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North African Gerbil
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Dipodillus Species: D. campestris
Binomial name
Dipodillus campestris (Loche, 1867)
Synonyms
Gerbillus campestris (Loche, 1867) quadrimaculatus (Lataste, 1882)

The North African Gerbil (Dipodillus campestris) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, possibly Chad, possibly Mauritania, and possibly Western Sahara. Its natural habitats are rocky areas, hot deserts, and arable land. IUCN lists Gerbillus quadrimaculatus, a synonym of D. campestris as critically endangered.

[edit] References

• Granjon, L. 2004. Dipodillus campestris. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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.