Thin Sand Rat

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Thin Sand Rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Psammomys Species: P. vexillaris
Binomial name
Psammomys vexillaris Thomas, 1925

The Thin Sand Rat (Psammomys vexillaris) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and intermittent saline lakes.

[edit] References

• Aulagnier, S. & Granjon, L. 2004. Psammomys vexillaris. 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.