Gerbillus

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Gerbillus
Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent
Gerbillus perpallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
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.

Species

Genus Gerbillus

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.
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