North African gerbil
| North African Gerbil Dipodillus campestris | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Dipodillus |
| Species: | D. campestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipodillus campestris (Loche, 1867) | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Gerbillus campestris (Loche, 1867) | |
The North African gerbil (Dipodillus campestris) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
IUCN lists Gerbillus quadrimaculatus, a synonym of Dipodillus campestris, as critically endangered.
Distribution
The North African gerbil is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and possibly Chad and Mauritania.
Its natural habitats are arable land and rocky areas of the Maghreb, and hot Saharan deserts.
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.